De Babyla contra Julianum et gentiles
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Τί οὖν καὶ ὁ Ζεὺς, ὦ βέλτιστε; Καὶ γὰρ καὶ τούτῳ πάλιν ἀπήνειαν ἐγκαλεῖς," Ἀλλ' οὐδὲ ὁ Ζεύς," λέγων," ὄμβρων ἡνίας ἔχων ὕδωρ ἀφῆκεν ἐπὶ τὴν φλόγα καὶ ταῦτα Λυδῶν ποτε βασιλεῖ δυστυχήσαντι σβέσας πυράν." Ἀλλὰ γὰρ καλῶς ποιῶν ἀνέμνησας ἡμᾶς καὶ τοῦ Λυδοῦ. Καὶ γὰρ κἀκεῖνον ὁ μιαρὸς οὗτος δαίμων ἠπάτησεν ἐλπίσι φυσήσας κεναῖς καὶ εἰς προὖπτον κακὸν ἐμβαλών. Καὶ εἰ μὴ φιλάνθρωπος ἦν ὁ Κῦρος οὐδὲν ἂν αὐτὸν ὤνησεν ὁ Ζεύς. Ὥστε μάτην ἐγκαλεῖς τῷ Διὶ ὡς προτιμήσαντι τοῦ παιδὸς τὸν Λυδόν– οὐδὲ γὰρ ἑαυτῷ ἔνθα μάλιστα πασῶν ἐτιμᾶτο πόλεων τὴν Ῥωμύλου λέγω κεραυνωθεὶς ἤμυνεν.