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Metamorphoses
Book 8, Line 29 by Henry T. Riley (English)
After these things the river was silent. The wondrous deed had astonished them all. The son of Ixion laughed at them, believing the story ; and as he was a despiser of the Gods, and of a haughty disposition, he said, “Acheloüs, thou dost relate a fiction, and dost deem the Gods more powerful than they are, if they both give and take away the form of things .” At this all were amazed, and did not approve of such language; and before all, Lelex, ripe in understanding and age, spoke thus: “The power of heaven is immense, and has no limits; and whatever the Gods above will, ’tis done.
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