the Sibyl had said before. Rightly, then, Xenophanes of Colophon, teaching that God is one and incorporeal, adds:
“One God there is, ’midst gods and men supreme;
In form, in mind, unlike to mortal men.”
And again:
“But men have the idea that gods are born,
And wear their clothes, and have both voice and shape.”
And again:
“But had the oxen or the lions hands,
Or could with hands depict a work like men,
Were beasts to draw the semblance of the gods,