Lilliputin-6122

God created man in his own image; and the Greeks took revenge on him by creating gods in the image of humans..."
Homer


Lilliputins in English What the heck are they?
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Would you please translate the following Liliputin into Englsh


Please provide the Liliputin you would like me to translate.

Based on my search, I couldn't find a direct translation of "L'iliputin" as a standalone word. It appears to be a stylized or perhaps invented term, possibly related to "Lilliputian" (from Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels, meaning tiny or insignificant) and "Putin."

To give you an accurate translation, I need the full text or phrase where the word appears.


Der Gott hat den Menschen nach seinem Vorbild geschaffen; und die Griechen raechten sich bei ihm mit der  Schaffung von den menschenaehlichen Goettern ... "

Homer
God created man in his own image; and the Greeks took revenge on him by creating gods in the image of humans..."
Homer

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That's an interesting statement. While the first part ("Der Gott hat den Menschen nach seinem Vorbild geschaffen" - God created man in his own image) is a widely recognized concept, the quote as a whole is not from Homer. The idea of the Greeks creating gods in the image of humans, as a kind of revenge, is an observation made by the Greek philosopher Xenophanes, who was critical of the anthropomorphic gods of his time.

A more direct and slightly more elegant translation of the full German quote would be:

"God created man in his own image; and the Greeks took revenge on him by creating gods in the image of humans."











Thank you very much indeed!


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