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Webhe addresses the citizens as mortals and implores them not to defile their bodies with meat when nature provides an abundance of fruit, milk, and honey.

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Webfor age, tho' scorn'd, a ripe experience bears, that golden fruit, unknown to blooming years:

Webfirst, the narrator prays to the gods for inspiration, lays out his theme (metamorphosis), and states his intention to write a single continuous poem that stretches from the origins.

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Webpythagoras urges people not to eat meat, claiming first that nature provides sufficient resources to make killing unnecessary, and second that many animals are an.

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