I thought the Greeks and Romans were very wise people. […] Did the Greeks have that commandment? […] Had the Egyptians and Greeks the same gods? […] He first taught letters in Greece, and after his time the Greeks began to read and write. […] Did all the Greeks worship Bacchus in that frantic manner?

Beauty and strength — the might of man, and the majesty and sublimity of the misunderstood intelligences of the godhead, not only constituted the worship of the Greeks of old, but governed their lives, their actions, their laws, and the very aspirations of their hearts. […] In Rome it had a more familiar, wicked, and dry appearance; it was not suited to the severe and exact apprehensions of the Romans, and their strict morals were violated by it, and sustained a deep injury, little analagous to its effect upon the Greeks, who turned all things — superstition, prejudice, murder, madness — to beauty.” […] The power of Venus over the heart, was supported and assisted by a celebrated girdle, called zone by the Greeks, and cestus by the Latins. […] Insérer image anonyme_heathen-mythology_1842_img131 Flora was unknown among the Greeks, having her birth with the Romans. […] This, however, was useless, as he went with the rest of the Greeks.