Homer and Hesiod attributed to the gods all things which are disreputable and worthy of blame when done by men; and they told of them many lawless deeds, stealing, adultery, and deception of each other.

If oxen and horses and lions could draw and paint, they would delineate the gods in their own image.

The Ethiopians say that their gods are snub-nosed and black the Thracians that theirs have light blue eyes and red hair.

All men begin their learning with Homer.

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.

Men always makes gods in their own image.

For all things come from earth, and all things end by becoming earth.