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Athenagoras
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Introductory Note to the Writings of Athenagoras
[749] Or, Koré. It is doubtful whether or not this should be regarded as a proper name.
[750] The reading is here doubtful.
[751] [There were no images or pictures, therefore, in the earliest Christian places of prayer.]
Chapter XVIII.—The Gods Themselves Have Been Created, as the Poets Confess.
[752] [This was a heathen justification of image-worship, and entirely foreign to the Christian mind. Leighton, Works, vol. v. p. 323.]
[753] Hom., Il., xx. 131.
[754] [See Kaye’s very important note, refuting Gibbon’s cavil, and illustrating the purpose of Bishop Bull, in his quotation. On the περιχώρησις, see Bull, Fid. Nicænæ, iv. cap. 4.]
[756] Hom., Il., xiv. 201, 302.
[757] Hom., Il., xiv. 246.
[758] τισάσθην.
[759] Orpheus, Fragments.
Chapter XIX.—The Philosophers Agree with the Poets Respecting the Gods.
[760] Plat., Tim., p. 27, D.
[761] Literally, “by nature.”
Chapter XX.—Absurd Representations of the Gods.
[762] i.e., Minerva.
[763] Or, “have accurately described.”
[764] Fragments.
Chapter XXI.—Impure Loves Ascribed to the Gods.
[765] Hom., Il., iv. 23.
[766] Ibid., iv. 24.
[767] Ibid., xxii. 168 sq.
[768] Ibid., xvi. 433 sq.
[769] Ibid., xvi. 522.
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