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The Myths are Not to Be Taken Literally.
Appion Proceeds to Interpret the Myths.
All Such Stories are Allegorical.
Clement Has Heard All This Before.
Epitome of Appion's Explanation.
Peleus and Thetis, Prometheus, Achilles, and Polyxena.
They are Blameworthy Who Invented Such Stories.
None of These Allegories are Consistent.
These Gods Were Really Wicked Magicians.
Their Graves are Still to Be Seen.
Their Contemporaries, Therefore, Did Not Look on Them as Gods.
The Egyptians Pay Divine Honours to a Man.
The Universe is the Product of Mind.