Note 14 — Chapter I
Reading edition
Genesis vi. 1, 2, 4.
“Soc. Do you know that heroes are half-gods?
“Herm. What then?
“Soc. All of them were doubtless begotten either from a god falling in love with a mortal woman, or from a mortal man [falling in love] with a goddess.”
—Plato: Cratylus, or Concerning the Correct Use of Words.