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Quote by Mikhail Strabo
The poets were not alone in sanctioning myths, for long before the

The poets were not alone in sanctioning myths, for long before the poets the states and the lawmakers had sanctioned them as a useful expedient. They needed to control the people by superstitious fears, and these cannot be aroused without myths and marvels. – Mikhail Strabo

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