Arnobius

“ And that god, he says, is a musician, and this other can divine; for the other gods cannot, [3] and do not know how to foretell what will come to pass, owing to their want of skill and ignorance of the future. ”

“ One is instructed in obstetric arts, another trained up in the science of medicine. Is each, then, powerful in his own department; and can they give no assistance, if their aid is asked, in what belongs to another? ”

“ This one is eloquent in speech, and ready in linking words together; for the others are stupid, and can say nothing skilfully, if they must speak.
Footnotes ↑ So the ms., followed by Oehler, reading nobis, for which all other edd. give vobis—“to you.”↑ Meursius would read naccas—“fullers,” for nautas; but the latter term may, properly enough, be applied to the gods who watch over seamen.↑ Or, “for the others are not gods,” i.e., cannot be gods, as they do not possess the power of divination. ”