“The same writer tells us that a man struck by lightning was not deemed to be dis- graces nay, he was honoured as a god; even slaves killed by ightning were approached with respect, as honoured by Zeus, and their dead Vodies were wrapt in fine garments. Such customs are to some extent explained by the belief that Zeus himself descended in the flash of lightning; hence whatever the lightning struck was naturally regarded as holy.”

— The Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK III, ch. VII · served from our shelf uncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan