In the second hook of Antias-lest any one should think, perchance, that we are fabricating charges calumniously-the following story is written:. With strict moderation, I shall adduce only one of these stories which are so numerous that in which Jupiter himself is brought on the stage as stupid and inconsiderate, being tricked by the ambiguity of words. Admitting that all these things which do the immortal gods dishonour, have been put forth by poets merely in sport, what of those found in grave, serious, and careful histories, and handed down by you in hidden mysteries? have they been invented by the licentious fancy of the poets? Now if they seemed to you stories of such absurdity, some of them you would neither retain in their constant use, nor celebrate as solemn festivals from year to year, nor would you maintain them among your sacred rites as shadows of real events.
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