(119) Homer should be turned out of the lists and whipped, and Archilochos likewise. R. P. 31.
(120) One day is like any other.
(121) Man’s character is his fate.[[364]]
(122) There awaits men when they die such things as they look not for nor dream of. R. P. 46 d.
(123) ... [[365]]that they rise up and become the wakeful guardians of the quick and dead. R. P. 46 d.
(124) Night-walkers, Magians, priests of Bakchos and priestesses of the wine-vat, mystery-mongers....
(125) The mysteries practised among men are unholy mysteries. R. P. 48.
(126) And they pray to these images, as if one were to talk with a man’s house, knowing not what gods or heroes are. R. P. 49 a.
(127) For if it were not to Dionysos that they made a procession and sang the shameful phallic hymn, they would be acting most shamelessly. But Hades is the same as Dionysos in whose honour they go mad and keep the feast of the wine-vat. R. P. 49.
(129, 130) They vainly purify themselves by defiling themselves with blood, just as if one who had stepped into the mud were to wash his feet in mud. Any man who marked him doing thus, would deem him mad. R. P. 49 a.