Quid igitur, orator, obiecerit aliqui, post istam caelestem quidem sed paene inhumanam tuam sententiam faciam, si omnino homines a diis immortalibus procul repelluntur atque ita in haec terrae tartara relegantur, ut omnis sit illis adversus caelestes deos communio denegata, nec quisquam eos e caelitum numero velut pastor vel equiso vel busequa ceu balantium vel hinnientium vel mugientium greges intervisat, qui ferocibus moderetur, morbidis medeatur, egenis opituletur?
What then, speaker, someone might object, am I to do, after this opinion of yours, heavenly indeed and yet almost inhumane, if humans are driven far off from the immortal gods and so far banished to this underworld of earth that they are denied all communion with the gods above, and not one of the heavenly host comes to visit them as a shepherd, groom or cowherd visits their bleating, neighing or lowing charges so as to calm the violent, heal the sick, help the needy?
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