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 1 Intro|         apparition only, and the gods afterwards contrived his
 2 Intro|      immediately follow: and the gods, who honour the love of
 3 Intro|         relations of men towards gods and parents is called divination.
 4 Intro|  divination is the peacemaker of gods and men, and works by a
 5 Intro|          and friendship with the gods and with one another. I
 6 Intro|      scale heaven and attack the gods. Doubt reigned in the celestial
 7 Intro|          celestial councils; the gods were divided between the
 8 Intro|       blessedest and best of the gods, and also the youngest,
 9 Intro|      Iapetus and Cronos when the gods were at war. The things
10 Intro|    inventor of the arts; all the gods are his subjects; he is
11 Intro|  Eryximachus) who conveys to the gods the prayers of men, and
12 Intro|          men the commands of the gods.~Socrates asks: Who are
13 Intro|         which have images of the gods inside them; and, secondly,
14 Intro|         singular remark that the gods favour the return of love
15 Intro|   language in speaking about the gods. He has no sophistical notions
16 Intro|        tragedy, moving among the gods of Olympus, and not among
17 Intro|   mythology ‘the greatest of the Gods’ (Rep.) is not exempt from
18 Text | Eryximachus, that, whereas other gods have poems and hymns made
19 Text |         god, and wonderful among gods and men, but especially
20 Text |          he is the eldest of the gods, which is an honour to him;
21 Text |            First in the train of gods, he fashioned Love.’~And
22 Text |          to be the eldest of the gods. And not only is he the
23 Text |     action of hers appear to the gods, as well as to men, that
24 Text |  exceeding honour is paid by the gods to the devotion and virtue
25 Text |         far). And greatly as the gods honour the virtue of love,
26 Text |          was dead. Wherefore the gods honoured him even above
27 Text |     noblest and mightiest of the gods; and the chiefest author
28 Text |         called heavenly. All the gods ought to have praise given
29 Text |    himself (so men say), and the gods will forgive his transgression,
30 Text |         the entire liberty which gods and men have allowed the
31 Text |         art of communion between gods and men—these, I say, are
32 Text |          in his feelings towards gods or parents, towards the
33 Text |  divination is the peacemaker of gods and men, working by a knowledge
34 Text |       and justice, whether among gods or men, has the greatest
35 Text |        makes us friends with the gods who are above us, and with
36 Text |        be done: since of all the gods he is the best friend of
37 Text |          made an attack upon the gods; of them is told the tale
38 Text |         have laid hands upon the gods. Doubt reigned in the celestial
39 Text |           on the other hand, the gods could not suffer their insolence
40 Text |          are not obedient to the gods, there is a danger that
41 Text |       him—he is the enemy of the gods who opposes him. For if
42 Text |          that of all the blessed gods he is the most blessed because
43 Text |        to be the youngest of the gods, and youthful ever. The
44 Text |         ancient doings among the gods of which Hesiod and Parmenides
45 Text |    chaining or mutilation of the gods, or other violence, but
46 Text |         hearts and souls of both gods and men, which are of all
47 Text |          the empire of Zeus over gods and men, are all due to
48 Text |          order the empire of the gods—the love of beauty, as is
49 Text |        deeds were done among the gods, for they were ruled by
50 Text |       wise, the amazement of the gods; desired by those who have
51 Text |        comrade, helper; glory of gods and men, leader best and
52 Text |         love charms the souls of gods and men. Such is the speech,
53 Text |          order the empire of the gods, for that of deformed things
54 Text |       would acknowledge that the gods are happy and fair—of course
55 Text |            she replied, ‘between gods and men, conveying and taking
56 Text |         and taking across to the gods the prayers and sacrifices
57 Text |      commands and replies of the gods; he is the mediator who
58 Text |         there was a feast of the gods, at which the god Poros
59 Text |       middle, and have images of gods inside them. I say also
60 Text |        of those who have need of gods and mysteries, because they
61 Text |        when I awoke (let all the gods and goddesses be my witnesses)