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Ὠκεανόν τε γὰρ καὶ Τηθὺν ἐποίησαν τῆς γενέσεως πατέρας , καὶ τὸν ὅρκον τῶν θεῶν ὕδωρ , τὴν καλουμένην ὑπ᾽ αὐτῶν Στύγα [τῶν ποιητῶν] · τιμιώτατον μὲν γὰρ τὸ πρεσβύτατον , ὅρκος δὲ τὸ τιμιώτατόν ἐστιν . εἰ μὲν οὖν ἀρχαία τις αὕτη καὶ παλαιὰ τετύχηκεν οὖσα περὶ τῆς φύσεως ἡ δόξα , τάχ᾽ ἂν ἄδηλον εἴη , Θαλῆς μέντοι λέγεται οὕτως ἀποφήνασθαι περὶ τῆς πρώτης αἰτίας [ Ἵππωνα γὰρ οὐκ ἄν τις ἀξιώσειε θεῖναι μετὰ τούτων διὰ τὴν εὐτέλειαν αὐτοῦ τῆς διανοίας ] · Ἀναξιμένης δὲ ἀέρα καὶ Διογένης πρότερον ὕδατος καὶ μάλιστ᾽ ἀρχὴν τιθέασι τῶν ἁπλῶν σωμάτων ,
for
they
represented
oceanus
and
tethys
to
be
the
parents
of
creation
,
and
the
oath
of
the
gods
to
be
by
water
-
styx
,
as
they
call
it
.
now
what
is
most
ancient
is
most
revered
,
and
what
is
most
revered
is
what
we
swear
by
.
whether
this
view
of
the
primary
entity
is
really
ancient
and
time
-
honored
may
perhaps
be
considered
uncertain
;
however
,
it
is
said
that
this
was
thales
opinion
concerning
the
first
cause
.
(
i
say
nothing
of
hippo
,
because
no
one
would
presume
to
include