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As for me, I assume that your city is the most fortunate in the world and the dearest to
the gods, and I know that Zeus of Dodona and
Dione1 and the Pythian Apollo
are always saying this in their oracles and confirming with the seal of their approval the
opinion that good fortune has her abode in the city among you. Moreover, all that the gods
reveal about coming events it is obvious that they prophesy; but the epithets based upon
past events they apply to experiences of the past.