Damis
Defending Epicurean Philosophy Against Sacrifice
Lucian, Zeus Rants
Damis 「1st-2nd c.」”Defending Epicurean Philosophy Against Sacrifice,” in Zeus Rants, by Lucian Of Samosta 「125-after 180」(Google Books, Online Library of Free eBooks).
Zeus has called to order a meeting of the gods, in order to make them aware of an impending crisis precipitated by an Epicurean:
Timocles: Take care what you are doing, Damis, you miscreant! You are all but upsetting the very temples of the gods with your arguments, and their altars too.
Damis: Not all the altars, as far as I am concerned, Timocles; for what harm do they do if they are full of incense and sweet savor? But I should be glad to see the altars of Artemis among the Taurians turned completely upside down, those on which the maiden goddess used to enjoy such horrid feasts. (157)
