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title: On the Nature of the Gods
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα
author: Diagoras of Melos
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# On the Nature of the Gods

*Ἀποσπάσματα*

**Author:** Diagoras of Melos

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## Text

### book 1.1

θεὸς θεὸς

### book 1.2

πρὸ παντὸς ἔργου βροτείου νωμᾶι

### book 1.3

φρέν’ ὑπερτάταν, 〈αὐτοδαὴς δ’ ἀρετὰ βραχὺν οἶμον ἕρπειν〉,

### book 2

κατὰ δαίμονα καὶ τύχαν τὰ πάντα βροτοῖσιν ἐκτελεῖται.

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