Original: He cleverly satirized the polytheistic beliefs of earlier Greek poets and of his own contemporaries : '' Homer and Hesiod '' one fragment states , '' have attributed to the gods all sorts of things that are matters of reproach and censure among men : theft , adultery , and mutual deception . ''
Simplified: '' Homer and Hesiod '' one fragment states , '' have attributed to the gods all sorts of things that are matters of reproach and censure among men : theft , adultery , and mutual deception '' .