1040 1040 This is properly regarded as a mistake for Dione, or Didone, which is another form of the name Dione. And to those who wish to commit incest with sisters, he sets the example in his intercourse with his sisters Hera and Demeter, and the heavenly Aphrodite, whom some call Dodona. And as a helper of adulterers in their adultery, he is often found an adulterer. ![]() ![]() And for an excuse to abusers of themselves with mankind, he carries away Ganymedes. But Metis was seed for it is impossible to devour a child. And for those who wish to do things not to be spoken of, he begat Metis, and devoured her. ![]() 1039 1039 Wieseler proposes θείους instead of θεούς and he punishes his uncles also, as in vi. And Jupiter himself bound his own father, and imprisoned him in Tartarus and he also punishes the other gods. “But I shall begin with the most royal Zeus, whose father Kronos, having, as you say, devoured his own children, and having shorn off the members of his father Uranus with a sickle of adamant, showed to those who are zealous for the mysteries of the gods an example of piety towards parents and of love towards children.
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