Note 6 — Chapter CXV
C. H. (Charles Henry) Tawney translation
The word for god here is amara, literally immortal. This may remind the classical reader of the passage in the Birds where Iris says ἀλλ’ ἀθάνατός εἰμ’, and Peisthetærus imperturbably replies, ἀλλ’ ὅμως ἄν ἀπέθανες.