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title: On the Nature of the Gods
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα
author: Diagoras of Melos
eul_wid: dse-aa
eul_aid: dse
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/diagoras-melos-nature-gods-dse-aa"
period: Classical
dialect: Doric
domain: Poetry
format: Verse
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# On the Nature of the Gods

*Ἀποσπάσματα*

**Author:** Diagoras of Melos

**eul_wid:** `dse-aa` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/diagoras-melos-nature-gods-dse-aa)

## 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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