Arnobius,
Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VI, Adversus Gentes…
(1885)
“ Because, I answer, all that has taken place and has been set down distinctly in any book cannot be turned into an allegory, for neither can that be undone which has been done, nor can the character of an event change into one which is utterly different. Can the Trojan war be turned into the condemnation of Socrates? ”
