In the beginning the gods did not at all reveal all things clearly to mortals, but by searching men in the course of time find them out better.
If horses had Gods, they would look like horses.
For we are all sprung from earth and water
No human being will ever know the truth, for even if they happen to say it by chance, they would not even know they had done so.
If cattle and horses, or lions, had hands...
The Ethiopians say that their gods are snub-nosed and black the Thracians that theirs have light blue eyes and red hair.