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For example, in the case of Jupiter, we shall
extol his power as manifested in the governance of
all things, with Mars we shall praise his power in war,
with Neptune his power over the sea; as regards
inventions we shall celebrate Minerva's discovery of
the arts, Mercury's discovery of letters, Apollo's of
medicine, Ceres' of the fruits of the earth, Bacchus'
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of wine. Next we must record their exploits as
handed down from antiquity. Even gods may derive honour from their descent, as for instance is
the case with the sons of Jupiter, or from their
antiquity, as in the case of the children of Chaos, or
from their offspring, as in the case of Latona, the
mother of Apollo and Diana.
Quintilian. With an English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1920.
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