(For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.)
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Interpretation
Athens was then famed for polite learning, philosophy, and the fine arts; but none are more childish and superstitious, more impious, or more credulous, than some persons, deemed eminent for learning and ability. It was wholly given to idolatry.
Glossary
- Athens Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Athens.