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ἐπράχθη ποτὲ καὶ γέγονεν, ὥσπερ οὐκ εἰδότων
τῶν θεῶν αὐτῶν, ὅ, τι ποιήσουσιν, ἢ τὰ σφῶν
αὐτῶν ἁμαρτήματα διορθουμένων. ἀλλὰ οἱ παλαιοὶ
τῶν ὄντων ἀεὶ τὰς αἰτίας, ἤτοι τῶν θεῶν
ὑφηγουμένων ἢ κατὰ σφᾶς αὐτοὺς διερευνώμενοι,
βέλτιον δὲ ἴσως εἰπεῖν ζητοῦντες ὑφ̓ ἡγεμόσι
τοῖς θεοῖς, ἔπειτα εὑρόντες ἐσκέπασαν αὐτὰς
μύθοις παραδόξοις, ἵνα διὰ τοῦ παραδόξου καὶ
ἀπεμφαίνοντος τὸ πλάσμα φωραθὲν ἐπὶ τὴν
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