Il a habilement fait la satire des croyances polythéistes des poètes grecs précédents et de ses propres contemporains : "'Homer and Hesiod' 'one fragment states', 'have attributed to the gods all sorts of things that are matters of reproach and censure among men : theft, adultery, and mutual deception".
"'Homer and Hesiod' 'one fragment states,' have attributed to the gods all sorts of things that are matters of reproach and censure among men : theft, adultery, and mutual deception '".