Excerpt from An Historical Account of the Heathen Gods and Heroes, Necessary for the Understanding of the Ancient Poets: Being an Improvement of Whatever Has Been Hitherto Written by the Greek, Latin, and English Authors, Upon That Subject To jb great Exec]? Of Wickedncfi did Idolatry hring Mankind, that Lucian, the Heathen Satyrifi, though reputed profane, and a cfi'r of the Gods, yet is never ac cu/led of having/aid more fool jh or wicked' Things of them, though zn a dgfierent Man ner, than fach as rejpeeted them with the utmoji Veneration. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.