ang Phorcys and Cronos and Rhea, and all that generation; and from
Cronos and Rhea sprang Zeus and Here, and all those who are said to be
their brethren, and others who were the children of these.

Now, when all of them, both those who visibly appear in their
revolutions as well as those other gods who are of a more retiring
nature, had come into being, the creator of the universe addressed them
in these words: 'Gods, children of gods, who are my works, and of whom
I am the artificer and father, my creations are indissoluble, if so I
will. All that is bound may be undone, but only an evil being would wish
to undo that which is harmonious and happy. Wherefore, since ye are but
creatures, ye are not altogether immortal and indissoluble, but ye shall
certainly not be dissolved, nor be liable to the fate of death, having
in my will a greater and mightier bond than those with which ye
were bound at the time of your birth. And now listen to my
instructions:--Three tribes of mortal beings remain to be
created--without them the universe will be incomplete, for it will not
contain every kind of animal which it ought to contain, if it is to be
perfect. On the other hand, if they were created by me and received life
at my hands, they would be on an equality with the gods. In order then
that they may be mortal, and that this universe may be truly universal,
do ye, according to your natures, betake yourselves to the formation of
animals, imitating the power which was shown by me in creating you. The
part of them worthy of the name immortal, which is called divine and
is the guiding principle of those who are willing to follow justice and
you--of that divine part I will myself sow the seed, and having made a
beginning, I will hand the work over to you. And do ye then interweave
the mortal with the immortal, and make and beget living creatures, and
give them food, and make them to grow, and receive them again in death.'

Thus he spake, and once more into the cup in which he had previously
mingled the soul of the universe he poured the remains of the elements,
and mingled them in much the same manner; they were not, however, pure
as before, but diluted to the second and third degree. And having made
it he divided the whole mixture into souls equal in number to the stars,
and assigned each soul to a star; and having there placed them as in a
chariot, he showed them the nature of the universe, and declared to them
the laws of destiny, ac