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 Either Zeus came to earth to shew his form to thee,
 Phidias, or thou to heaven hast gone the read more 
 Either Zeus came to earth to shew his form to thee,
 Phidias, or thou to heaven hast gone the god to see. 
Speak of the gods as they are.
Speak of the gods as they are.
Therefore, if the gods are immortal and eternal, what need is there of the other sex, when they themselves do read more
Therefore, if the gods are immortal and eternal, what need is there of the other sex, when they themselves do not require succession, since they are always about to exist?rn
War is the father of us all, King of all. Some it makes gods, some it makes men, some it read more
War is the father of us all, King of all. Some it makes gods, some it makes men, some it makes slaves, some free.
 The Ethiop gods have Ethiop lips,
 Bronze cheeks, and woolly hair;
  The Grecian gods are like the read more 
 The Ethiop gods have Ethiop lips,
 Bronze cheeks, and woolly hair;
  The Grecian gods are like the Greeks,
   As keen-eyed, cold and fair. 
 Never, believe me,
 Appear the Immortals,
  Never alone.  
 Never, believe me,
 Appear the Immortals,
  Never alone. 
Nature's self's thy Ganymede.
Nature's self's thy Ganymede.
 Say, Bacchus, why so placid? What can there be
 In commune held by Pallas and by thee?
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 Say, Bacchus, why so placid? What can there be
 In commune held by Pallas and by thee?
  Her pleasure is in darts and battles; thine
   In joyous feasts and draughts of rosy wine.