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 1 1 |              land first gave birth to gods and men: yet none of these
 2 2 |              BIRTH AND DEATH OF THEIR GODS.~ Explore not then too curiously
 3 2 |             them; and those so-called gods of yours, whose are the
 4 2 |        mysteries of the mother of the gods, or Eetion, who instituted
 5 2 |                that savour which your gods agree to have assigned to
 6 2 |            existing and calling those gods that have no real existence,
 7 2 |          mystery of the Mother of the gods, as practised by the inhabitants
 8 2 |     prevailing error respecting those gods, were called Atheists; for
 9 2 |             If you believe them to be gods, do not mourn or bewail
10 2 |               any more regard them as gods." And another, taking an
11 2 |           only real God, assumes many gods falsely so called,--as the
12 2 |               them, calling the stars gods from their motion (theos
13 2 |            error and of manufacturing gods, according to which they
14 2 |          which they number the twelve gods, whose birth is the theme
15 2 |               all that he says of the gods. The last mode remains (
16 2 |            thoroughly what like these gods of yours are, that now at
17 2 |               of what is told of your gods is fabled and invented;
18 2 |              native countries of your gods, and their arts and lives,
19 2 |              a brass-worker among the gods. And the doctor was greedy
20 2 |                hear the loves of your gods, and the incredible tales
21 2 |          above all, let the father of gods and men, according to you,
22 2 |          debauching of boys. For your gods did not even abstain from
23 2 |            another Ganymede. Let such gods as these be worshipped by
24 2 |       practices, they may be like the gods. Such gods let your boys
25 2 |            may be like the gods. Such gods let your boys be trained
26 2 |             on them received from the gods. But it is only the male
27 2 |               their passions are your gods! Furthermore, like the Helots
28 2 |            Panyasis, too, tells us of gods in plenty besides those
29 2 |            their error respecting the Gods.~"For not from an ancient
30 2 | licentiousness. Such, then, are their gods; such are they also who
31 2 |               who make mockery of the gods, or rather mock and insult
32 2 |              Greeks, who worship such gods as these? For if they are
33 2 |             those you worship are not gods, it seems to me requisite
34 2 |            this second order[next the gods]. For if the lickerish and
35 2 |             they utter, if indeed the gods of the Egyptians, such as
36 2 |              Such are your demons and gods, and demigods, if there
37 3 |              OF THE SACRIFICES TO THE GODS.~ Well, now, let us say
38 3 |               to the human race, your gods were, not only delighting
39 3 |              man is better than these gods of yours, who are but demons;
40 3 |               invented for themselves gods to worship. It is beyond
41 3 |               among the oldest of the gods, was worshipped by no one
42 4 |               THE IMAGES BY WHICH THE GODS ARE WORSHIPPED.~ If, in
43 4 |      entertain any doubt, that of the gods called at Athens venerable,
44 4 |              Why reckon him among the gods, who is honoured on account
45 4 |          others are sepulchres of the gods. As teacher on this point,
46 4 |        sensation, why worship them as gods? And if they are thought
47 4 |         worship it; and the makers of gods worship not gods and demons,
48 4 |            makers of gods worship not gods and demons, but in my view
49 4 |             found fault with by those gods by whose names the images
50 4 |    unblushingly proclaimed themselves gods, as this involved no danger
51 4 |             treat the myths about the gods with contempt, at the same
52 4 |              air of equality with the gods, and being puffed up with
53 4 |             raised to the rank of the gods; and where he alighted from
54 4 |          death, equal to the immortal gods."~Well done, Hippo! thou
55 4 |      respecting them, are regarded as gods by posterity. As grounds
56 4 |              demons be still reckoned gods, being in reality unclean
57 4 |    prerogatives of God to what are no gods? Why, let me ask, have you
58 4 |              fashioning to yourselves gods of earth, and by going after
59 4 |               a glance recognise your gods from their shameful forms:
60 10|            appear to me to bewail the gods, not to worship them, and
61 10|     entertained by men respecting the gods, to ridicule before his
62 10|         hearts as long as you see the gods dying sooner than men."
63 10|                truly, he who worships gods that are visible, and the
64 10|        Justice, and Retribution to be gods? For neither the Furies,
65 10|            the Fates, nor Destiny are gods, since neither Government,
66 10|             nor Glory, nor Wealth are gods, which last [as Plutus]
67 10|              Strife and Battle be not gods, no more are Ares and Enyo.
68 10|       thunderbolts, and rains are not gods, how can fire and water
69 10|             how can fire and water be gods? how can shooting stars
70 12|             says, "I said that ye are gods, and all sons of the Highest."