THE NATURE OF THE GODS MAN MADE HIS GODS, AND FURNISHED THEM WITH HIS OWN BODY, VOICE AND GARMENTS.. IF A HORSE OR LION OR A SLOW OX HAD AGILE HANDS FOR PAINT AND SCULPTURE, THE HORSE WOULD MAKE HIS GOD A HORSE, THE OX WOULD SCULT AN OX... OUR GODS HAVE FLAT NOSES AND BLACK SKINS SAY THE ETHIOPIANS. THE THRACIANS SAY OUR GODS HAVE RED HAIR AND HAZEL EYES. (A XENOPHANES POEM TRANSLATED BY WILLIS BARNSTONE 1962)
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