"Observing, then, that there is great contempt for the gods <br />among us"—he says in his solemn way. <br />Contempt. But what did he expect? <br />Let him organize religion as much as he liked, <br />write to the High Priest of Galatia as much as he liked, <br />or to others of his kind, inciting them, giving instructions. <br />His friends weren't Christians; that much was certain. <br />But even so they couldn't play <br />as he could (brought up a Christian) <br />with a new religious system, <br />ludicrous in both theory and application. <br />They were, after all, Greeks. Nothing in excess, Augustus.<br /><br />Constantine P. Cavafy<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/julian-seeing-contempt/
