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Or was it a lesson in obedience to authority, teaching them not to be disaffected under the government of kings, but to be even as the moon, who is willing to give heed to her superior and to be a second to him, Ever gazing in awe at the rays of the bright-gleaming Sun-god, as ParmenidesDiels, Frag. der Vorsokratiker, i. p. 162, Parmenides, no. b 15. puts it; and were they thus to be content with their second placeo living under their ruler, and enjoying the power and honour derived from him?
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Why do they believe that the year belongs to Jupiter, but the months to Juno?