Chapter

 1 1|      human greatness, turned men away to the making of idols;
 2 1|      lover of God, to remind men who have neglected it of
 3 1|   possession of the minds of men, through the long-suffering
 4 1|    and unchangeable. For the men of former generations, who
 5 1|    For from these the famous men who have handed down idol-worship
 6 2|   lightning flash,~Reveal to men their great and sovereign
 7 3|      the Deity [displayed by men], I can adduce witnesses
 8 5| cunning schemes~Which daring men of intrigue, unabashed,~
 9 5|      gods~Will surely punish men of wickedness.~How is it
10 5|     have prescribed~Laws for men's guidance, live unrighteously?~
11 5|      freely speak,~And ye to men shall satisfaction give~
12 5|   longer is it right to call men ill~If they do imitate the
13 5|  Power absolute, I say, robs men of life~And property; transgresses
14 5|     tis to meet~The wants of men,--He needs not at our hands~
15 5|     righteous are: so wisest men have thought."~And in the
16 6|   have even equal power with men. For in Homer, Demodocus
17 6|     be reckoned among impure men, and a stranger to life