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Aratus · Claude AI
From Zeus let us begin, whom we men never leave unspoken. All the streets are full of Zeus, and all the gathering-places of men; full of him is the sea, and the harbours; at every turn we all have need of Zeus. For we are of his stock as well; and he, gentle toward men, gives signs that are favourable, and rouses the peoples to work, putting them in mind of their living; he tells when the clod is best for oxen and for mattocks, he tells when the seasons are favourable both for trenching about young trees and for casting every kind of seed. For it was he himself who made the signs fast in heaven, setting the constellations apart, and he looked out for the year the stars that should give to men the most firmly appointed signs of the seasons, so that all things may grow without fail. That is why men always seek his favour first and last. Hail, Father, great wonder, great blessing to …
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