And how can I still do my duty to Zeus? If I get hurt and have bad luck, he doesn't care about me. What good is he to me if he can't help me? What good is he if he lets me stay in this condition? Now I start to hate him. So why do we build temples? Why do we put up statues to Zeus — and also to evil spirits like Fever? How is Zeus the Savior? How is he the rain-giver and fruit-giver? The truth is, if we think Good comes from these external things, all this confusion follows.
And how shall I be still able to maintain my duty towards Zeus? For if I sustain damage and am unlucky, he takes no care of me. And what is he to me if he cannot help me? And further, what is he to me if he allows me to be in the condition in which I am? I now begin to hate him. Why then do we build temples, why setup statues to Zeus, as well as to evil demons, such as to Fever; and how is Zeus the Saviour, and how the giver of rain, and the giver of fruits? And in truth if we place the nature of Good in any such things, all this follows.