centaur gave a shrill cry, wept and lamented, and galloped away.

SECOND MAN. No. It was a white unicorn who lived in the cave.
When it saw the hermit coming the unicorn knelt down and worshipped
him. Many people saw it worshipping him.

FIRST MAN. I have talked with people who saw it.

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SECOND MAN. Some say he was a hewer of wood and worked for hire.
But that may not be true.

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MYRRHINA. What gods then do ye worship? Or do ye worship any gods?
There are those who have no gods to worship. The philosophers who
wear long beards and brown cloaks have no gods to worship. They
wrangle with each other in the porticoes. The [ ] laugh at them.

FIRST MAN. We worship seven gods. We may not tell their names. It
is a very dangerous thing to tell the names of the gods. No one
should ever tell the name of his god. Even the priests who praise
the gods all day long, and eat of their food with them, do not call
them by their right names.

MYRRHINA. Where are these gods ye worship?

FIRST MAN. We hide them in the folds of our tunics. We do not show
them to any one. If we showed them to any one they might leave us.