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1. Hesiod, Works And Days, 110-193, 109 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE) 109. Filling both land and sea, while every day
2. Aristophanes, Clouds, 424-426, 423 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE) 423. ἄλλο τι δῆτ' οὖν νομιεῖς ἤδη θεὸν οὐδένα πλὴν ἅπερ ἡμεῖς
3. Plato, Apology of Socrates, None (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE) 21b. But see why I say these things; for I am going to tell you whence the prejudice against me has arisen. For when I heard this, I thought to myself: What in the world does the god mean, and what riddle is he propounding? For I am conscious that I am not wise either much or little. What then does he mean by declaring that I am the wisest? He certainly cannot be lying, for that is not possible for him. And for a long time I was at a loss as to what he meant; then with great reluctance I proceeded to investigate him somewhat as follows.I went to one of those who had a reputation for wisdom
4. Plato, Cratylus, None (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE) 404c. ἐρατή ), as indeed, Zeus is said to have married her for love. But perhaps the lawgiver had natural phenomena in mind, and called her Hera ( Ἥρα ) as a disguise for ἀήρ (air), putting the beginning at the end. You would understand, if you were to repeat the name Hera over and over. And Pherephatta!—How many people fear this name, and also Apollo! I imagine it is because they do not know about correctness of names. You see they change the name to Phersephone and its aspect frightens them. But really the name indicates that the goddess is wise;
5. Plato, Laws, None (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)
6. Plato, Minos, None (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE) 315c. whereas the Carthaginians perform it as a thing they account holy and legal, and that too when some of them sacrifice even their own sons to Cronos, as I daresay you yourself have heard. And not merely is it foreign peoples who use different laws from ours, but our neighbors in Lycaea and the descendants of Athamas —you know their sacrifices, Greeks though they be. And as to ourselves too, you know, of course, from what you have heard yourself, the kind of laws we formerly used in regard to our dead, when we slaughtered sacred victims before
7. Plato, Phaedo, None (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE) 107e. with the guide whose task it is to conduct thither those who come from this world; and when they have there received their due and remained through the time appointed, another guide brings them back after many long periods of time. Phaedo. And the journey is not as Telephus says in the play of Aeschylus;
8. Plato, Philebus, None (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)
9. Plato, Republic, None (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)
10. Plato, Sophist, None (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE) 265c. Str. There are all the animals, and all the plants that grow out of the earth from seeds and roots, and all the lifeless substances, fusible and infusible, that are formed within the earth. Shall we say that they came into being, not having been before, in any other way than through God’s workmanship? Or, accepting the commonly expressed belief— Theaet. What belief? Str. That nature brings them forth from some self-acting cause, without creative intelligence. Or shall we say that they are created by reason and by divine knowledge that comes from God?
11. Plato, Symposium, None (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)
12. Plato, Theaetetus, None (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE) 148e. THEAET. But I assure you, Socrates, I have often tried to work that out, when I heard reports of the questions that you asked, but I can neither persuade myself that I have any satisfactory answer, nor can I find anyone else who gives the kind of answer you insist upon; and yet, on the other hand, I cannot get rid of a feeling of concern about the matter. SOC. Yes, you are suffering the pangs of labor, Theaetetus, because you are not empty, but pregt. THEAET. I do not know, Socrates; I merely tell you what I feel.
13. Plato, Timaeus, None (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)
14. Xenophon, Apology, 11, 14, 4, 10 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)
15. Xenophon, Memoirs, 1.1.2, 1.1.4-1.1.5, 1.1.9, 1.1.19, 1.4.14-1.4.15, 1.4.18, 4.3.12, 4.8.5 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE) 1.1.2. First then, that he rejected the gods acknowledged by the state — what evidence did they produce of that? He offered sacrifices constantly, and made no secret of it, now in his home, now at the altars of the state temples, and he made use of divination with as little secrecy. Indeed it had become notorious that Socrates claimed to be guided by the deity: That immanent divine something, as Cicero terms it, which Socrates claimed as his peculiar possession. it was out of this claim, I think, that the charge of bringing in strange deities arose. 1.1.4. Only, whereas most men say that the birds or the folk they meet dissuade or encourage them, Socrates said what he meant: for he said that the deity gave him a sign. Many of his companions were counselled by him to do this or not to do that in accordance with the warnings of the deity: and those who followed his advice prospered, and those who rejected it had cause for regret. 1.1.5. And yet who would not admit that he wished to appear neither a knave nor a fool to his companions? but he would have been thought both, had he proved to be mistaken when he alleged that his counsel was in accordance with divine revelation. Obviously, then, he would not have given the counsel if he had not been confident that what he said would come true. And who could have inspired him with that confidence but a god? And since he had confidence in the gods, how can he have disbelieved in the existence of the gods? 1.1.9. If any man thinks that these matters are wholly within the grasp of the human mind and nothing in them is beyond our reason, that man, he said, is irrational. But it is no less irrational to seek the guidance of heaven in matters which men are permitted by the gods to decide for themselves by study: to ask, for instance, Is it better to get an experienced coachman to drive my carriage or a man without experience? Cyropaedia I. vi. 6. Is it better to get an experienced seaman to steer my ship or a man without experience? So too with what we may know by reckoning, measurement or weighing. To put such questions to the gods seemed to his mind profane. In short, what the gods have granted us to do by help of learning, we must learn; what is hidden from mortals we should try to find out from the gods by divination: for to him that is in their grace the gods grant a sign. 1.1.19. For, like most men, indeed, he believed that the gods are heedful of mankind, but with an important difference; for whereas they do not believe in the omniscience of the gods, Socrates thought that they know all things, our words and deeds and secret purposes; that they are present everywhere, and grant signs to men of all that concerns man. IV. iii, 2; Cyropaedia I. vi. 46. 1.4.14. For is it not obvious to you that, in comparison with the other animals, men live like gods, by nature peerless both in body and in soul? For with a man’s reason and the body of an ox we could not carry out our wishes, and the possession of hands without reason is of little worth. Do you, then, having received the two most precious gifts, yet think that the gods take no care of you? What are they to do, to make you believe that they are heedful of you? 1.4.15. I will believe when they send counsellors, as you declare they do, saying, Do this, avoid that. But when the Athenians inquire of them by divination and they reply, do you not suppose that to you, too, the answer is given? Or when they send portents for warning to the Greeks, or to all the world? Are you their one exception, the only one consigned to neglect? 1.4.18. Nay, but just as by serving men you find out who is willing to serve you in return, by being kind who will be kind to you in return, and by taking counsel, discover the masters of thought, so try the gods by serving them, and see whether they will vouchsafe to counsel you in matters hidden from man. Then you will know that such is the greatness and such the nature of the deity that he sees all things Cyropaedia VIII. vii. 22. and hears all things alike, and is present in all places and heedful of all things. 4.3.12. and think of the power of expression, which enables us to impart to one another all good things by teaching and to take our share of them, to enact laws and to administer states. Truly, Socrates, it does appear that the gods devote much care to man. Yet again, in so far as we are powerless of ourselves to foresee what is expedient for the future, Cyropaedia I. vi. 46. the gods lend us their aid, revealing the issues by divination to inquirers, and teaching them how to obtain the best results. With you, Socrates, they seem to deal even more friendly than with other men, if it is true that, even unasked, they warn you by signs what to do and what not to do. 4.8.5. Then I said, Don’t you see, Socrates, that the juries in our courts are apt to be misled by argument, so that they often put the innocent to death, and acquit the guilty? Ah, yes, Hermogenes, he answered, but when I did try to think out my defence to the jury, the deity at once resisted.
16. Xenophon, Symposium, 4.47-4.49, 8.5 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE) 4.47. Very well; in the first place, it is clear as day that both Greeks and barbarians believe that the gods know everything both present and to come; at any rate, all cities and all races ask the gods, by the diviner’s art, for advice as to what to do and what to avoid. Second, it is likewise manifest that we consider them able to work us good or ill; at all events, every one prays the gods to avert evil and grant blessings. 4.48. Well, these gods, omniscient and omnipotent, feel so friendly toward me that their watchfulness over me never lets me out of their ken night or day, no matter where I am going or what business I have in view. They know the results also that will follow any act; and so they send me as messengers omens of sounds, dreams, and birds, and thus indicate what I ought to do and what I ought not to do. And when I do their bidding, I never regret it; on the other hand, I have before now disregarded them and have been punished for it. 4.49. None of these statements, said Socrates , is incredible. But what I should like very much to know is how you serve them to keep them so friendly. A very economical service it is, I declare! responded Hermogenes. I sound their praises,—which costs nothing; I always restore them part of what they give me; I avoid profanity of speech as far as I can; and I never wittingly lie in matters wherein I have invoked them to be my witnesses. Truly, said Socrates , if it is conduct like this that gives you their friendship, then the gods also, it would seem, take delight in nobility of soul! Such was the serious turn given to the discussion of this topic. 8.5. How transparent you are, sir procurer of your own charms, Antisthenes rejoined, in always doing something like this; at one time you refuse me audience on the pretext of your divine sign, See footnote on page 494 of the Defence. at another time because you have some other purpose in mind.
17. Aristotle, Heavens, None (4th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)
18. Aristotle, Prophesying By Dreams, None (4th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)
19. Aristotle, Politics, None (4th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)
20. Pausanias, Description of Greece, 1.32.3-1.32.4 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE) 1.32.3. Before turning to a description of the islands, I must again proceed with my account of the parishes. There is a parish called Marathon, equally distant from Athens and Carystus in Euboea . It was at this point in Attica that the foreigners landed, were defeated in battle, and lost some of their vessels as they were putting off from the land. 490 B.C. On the plain is the grave of the Athenians, and upon it are slabs giving the names of the killed according to their tribes; and there is another grave for the Boeotian Plataeans and for the slaves, for slaves fought then for the first time by the side of their masters. 1.32.4. here is also a separate monument to one man, Miltiades, the son of Cimon, although his end came later, after he had failed to take Paros and for this reason had been brought to trial by the Athenians. At Marathon every night you can hear horses neighing and men fighting. No one who has expressly set himself to behold this vision has ever got any good from it, but the spirits are not wroth with such as in ignorance chance to be spectators. The Marathonians worship both those who died in the fighting, calling them heroes, and secondly Marathon, from whom the parish derives its name, and then Heracles, saying that they were the first among the Greeks to acknowledge him as a god.

Subjects of this text:

subject	book bibliographic info
achilles	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 145
aeschines	Wardy and Warren (2018), Authors and Authorities in Ancient Philosophy, 66
alekrone of ialysus	Mikalson (2016), New Aspects of Religion in Ancient Athens: Honors, Authorities, Esthetics, and Society, 284
anaxagoras	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 243
apollo,of homer	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 145
apollo	Ebrey and Kraut (2022), The Cambridge Companion to Plato, 2nd ed, 238; Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 244
apollo of delphi on,and socrates	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 118, 119, 243
apollo of delphi on,aristotle on	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 119
apuleius	Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 327
aristotle,on apollo of delphi	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 119
aristotle,on divination	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 119
aristotle,on dreams	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 244
aristotle	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 243
artemis	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 118
carthage	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 145
celestial deities,and plato	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 243
celestial deities	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 243
chaldaean oracles,charakteres	Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 327
charis,and unwritten laws	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 244
chiron	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 145
clouds	Ebrey and Kraut (2022), The Cambridge Companion to Plato, 2nd ed, 238
daimones,and sacrifice	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 119
daimones,daimonion of socrates	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 118, 119, 145
daimones,of plato	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 119, 243
daimons	Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 327
dead,the,divine guidance concerning	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 243
dead,the,funerals for	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 243
dead,the,service to	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 243
dearness to god,and socrates	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 118
delphi	Ebrey and Kraut (2022), The Cambridge Companion to Plato, 2nd ed, 238
demiurge	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 118
dikaiosune	Mikalson (2016), New Aspects of Religion in Ancient Athens: Honors, Authorities, Esthetics, and Society, 284
divination,and daimones	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 119
divination,and dearness to gods	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 118
divination,and divine benevolence	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 118
divination,and socrates	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 118, 119, 244
divination,philosophers acceptance of	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 119
divination	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 118, 119, 145, 244
dreams,and daimones	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 119
dreams,and divination	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 119
dreams,criticisms of	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 244
epicurus,and prayer	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 244
eros	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 244
funerals	Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 327
ghosts	Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 327
gods	Ebrey and Kraut (2022), The Cambridge Companion to Plato, 2nd ed, 238
good speech,and lies about gods	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 145
hector	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 145
heraclitus	Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 327
heroes,as deities,service to	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 243
heroes,as deities	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 244
hesiod	Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 327
honouring the gods,through sacrifices	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 145
horses	Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 327
hosiotes	Mikalson (2016), New Aspects of Religion in Ancient Athens: Honors, Authorities, Esthetics, and Society, 284
incest	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 244
inquiry	Ebrey and Kraut (2022), The Cambridge Companion to Plato, 2nd ed, 238
kosmetai'	Mikalson (2016), New Aspects of Religion in Ancient Athens: Honors, Authorities, Esthetics, and Society, 284
lack of respect for gods',and sacrifices"	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 145
lack of respect for gods',laws concerning"	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 145
laws,unwritten	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 244
laws	Ebrey and Kraut (2022), The Cambridge Companion to Plato, 2nd ed, 238
manteis,and the daimonion	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 119, 145, 244
manteis	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 244
myth of er	Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 327
oenomaus of gadara	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 119
oracles	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 119
orphic texts	Ebrey and Kraut (2022), The Cambridge Companion to Plato, 2nd ed, 238
parents,honour to	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 244
parents,unwritten laws about	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 244
patroclus	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 145
phaedo	Ebrey and Kraut (2022), The Cambridge Companion to Plato, 2nd ed, 238
phaedrus	Ebrey and Kraut (2022), The Cambridge Companion to Plato, 2nd ed, 238
philosophy	Ebrey and Kraut (2022), The Cambridge Companion to Plato, 2nd ed, 238
plato,socratic author	Wardy and Warren (2018), Authors and Authorities in Ancient Philosophy, 66
plato	Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 327
platonic	Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 327
plutarch	Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 327
pollution,theophrastus on	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 145
prayer	Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 327
prayers,and daimones	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 119
prayers,and dearness to gods	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 118
prayers,and sound thinking	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 244
prayers,epicurus on	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 244
prayers,hermarchus on	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 244
prayers,objects of	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 244
prayers,propitiating the gods	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 243
proper respect for gods,and unwritten laws	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 244
proper respect for gods	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 145
propitiousness of gods,and divination	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 118
propitiousness of gods,through prayer	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 243
religious correctness,and accounts of god	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 145
religious correctness,and conventions and traditions	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 145
religious correctness,and human sacrifice	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 145
religious correctness,and lack of respect for gods	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 145
religious correctness,and sacrifices	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 145
religious correctness,and socrates	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 145
religious correctness	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 145
sacrifices,and apollo of delphi	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 243
sacrifices,and daimones	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 119
sacrifices,and lack of respect for gods	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 145
sacrifices,and service to gods	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 243
sacrifices,and socrates	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 243
sanctuaries,and apollo of delphi	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 243
sanctuaries,and service to gods	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 243
sanctuaries,in magnesia	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 244
sanctuaries,private	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 244
service to gods',and apollo of delphi"	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 118, 243
socrates	Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 327
socratics	Wardy and Warren (2018), Authors and Authorities in Ancient Philosophy, 66
soul	Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 327
sound thinking,of achilles	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 145
symposium	Ebrey and Kraut (2022), The Cambridge Companion to Plato, 2nd ed, 238
theophrastus,and pollution	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 145
theophrastus,on honouring the gods	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 145
theophrastus,on religious correctness	Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 145
xenophon	Ebrey and Kraut (2022), The Cambridge Companion to Plato, 2nd ed, 238; Wardy and Warren (2018), Authors and Authorities in Ancient Philosophy, 66