Ante-Nicene Fathers — Vol. 06 — CCEL UTF-8 text — Section 1834
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Work: Ante-Nicene Fathers — Volume 6
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Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. 6
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20. This, then, this matter of forms and sexes, is the first affront which you, noble advocates in sooth, and pious writers, offer to your deities. But what is the next, that you represent to us [3972] the gods, some as artificers, some physicians, others working in wool, as sailors, [3973] players on the harp and flute, hunters, shepherds, and, as there was nothing more, rustics? And that god, he says, is a musician, and this other can divine; for the other gods cannot, [3974] and do not know how to foretell what will come to pass, owing to their want of skill and ignorance of the fut…
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