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On the Theophania

Eusebius of Caesarea, tr. Lee, 1843

But, they also drew over to themselves, by means of the ties of those who used abominable…

But, they also drew over to themselves, by means of the ties of those who used abominable incantations, by songs and other forcible and lawless enchantments, those invisible Demons and Powers which fly in the air: and again, they availed themselves of these, as abettors of the error of the deities, which they had (so) fabricated. And thus did they set up mortal men, as the Gods of others. For the Greeks honoured Bacchus, Hercules, Aisculapius, Apollo, and other men, with the names of Gods and Demigods; while the Egyptians imagined of Horus, Isis, Osiris, and again of other men such as these, that they were Gods. Nor did their wise men, who are boasted of for their excessive wisdom, and the invention of Geometry, Astrology, and Arithmetic, know or understand how to weigh or to discriminate in their minds, between the distinguishing measure of the Divine power, and that of irrational mortal nature. On this account, they hesitated not to give the name of Gods, to every frightful image of the animals; to every sort of untamed beast, and reptile; and to the fiercest animals. The Phenicians too, named Malkuthrudun, Ousurun, and other mortal men more contemptible than these, Gods; while the Arabians did the same to Dusarin, and Oubadon; the Getæ (Goths), to Zalmacūsin: the Cilicians, to Mopsus; the Thebans, to Amphiaraus. And with others, again, others,—who differed in no respect from mortals, but were in truth men only,—they also honoured with the name of Gods.