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καὶ δημιουργῶν ἀγαλμάτων τὸ ἣδιστον ὀφθῆναι καὶ θεοπρεπέστατον. οἷον δ᾽ ἣλιον ἐν οὐρανῷ περικαλλὲς εἴδωλον ἑαυτοῦ καὶ σελήνην ὁ. θεὸς ἐνίδρυσε, τοιοῦτον ἐν πόλεσι μίμημα καὶ φέγγος ἄρχων ὅστε θεουδὴς εὐδικίας; ἀνέχῃσι 1, τουτέστι θεοῦ λόγον ἔχων διάνοιαν 2, οὐ σκῆπτρον οὐδὲ κεραυνὸν οὐδὲ τρίαιναν, ὡς ἔνιοι πλάττουσιν ἑαυτοὺς καὶ γράφουσι τῷ ἀνεφίκτῳ ποιοῦντες ἐπίφθονον τὸ ἀνόητον νεμεσᾷ γὰρ ὁ θεὸς τοῖς [p. 15] ἀπομιμουμένοις βροντὰς καὶ κεραυνοὺς καὶ ἀκτινοβολίας,
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