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I
said, “my good friend, must be allowed to tell us that “
The gods, in the likeness of strangers,
Many disguises assume as they visit the cities of mortals.
”Hom. Od. 17.485-4861 Nor must anyone tell falsehoods about Proteus2 and Thetis, nor in any tragedy or in other poems bring in Hera disguised as a priestess collecting alms“ for the life-giving sons of Inachus, the Argive stream.
”Aesch.3
Many disguises assume as they visit the cities of mortals.
”Hom. Od. 17.485-4861 Nor must anyone tell falsehoods about Proteus2 and Thetis, nor in any tragedy or in other poems bring in Hera disguised as a priestess collecting alms“ for the life-giving sons of Inachus, the Argive stream.
”Aesch.3
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