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from Homer or any other poet the folly of such
error as this about the gods when he says“
Two urns stand on the floor of the palace of Zeus and
are filled with
Dooms he allots, one of blessings, the other of gifts that are
evil,
”Hom. Il. 24.527-8and to whomsoever Zeus gives
of both commingled—“
Now upon evil he chances and now again good is his
portion,
”Hom. Il. 24.530but the man for whom he does
not blend the lots, but to whom he gives unmixed evil—“
Hunger devouring drives him, a wanderer over the wide
world,
”Hom. Il. 24.532
Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vols. 5 & 6 translated by Paul Shorey. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1969.
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