Phid. I must not act unjustly towards my teachers.
Str. Nay, nay, revere paternal Jupiter;
Phid. Paternal Jupiter! old fashion'd fool;
Is there a Jupiter?
Str. There is.
Phid. Not so,
Since having cast out Jove a whirlwind reigns.
Str. Not cast him out; but I imagin'd this,
Seeing the whirlwind here. O wretched ones,
To take thee, earthen image, for a god!
[17] Wheelwright's Translation, p. 124, and note. Oxford, 1837.
[18] Cicero. De Naturâ Deorum. B. I., ch. 15.
[19] Op. cit., B. II., c. 24.
[20] Bonomi. "Nineveh and its Palaces," pp. 139-264, &c.; Dr. Grotefend, Athenæum, June 26, 1853; Ravenshaw, Athenæum, July 16, 1853.