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If I Recall Correctly, Zeus Was Well Known For Taking The Form Of A Beggar To Test The Generosity Of

If I recall correctly, Zeus was well known for taking the form of a beggar to test the generosity of mortals, and by the time of the Odyssey most Greeks knew that beggars should be helped or fed something as an act of devotion to Zeus.  Expansive Jupiterian Jovial generosity... "All strangers and beggars come from Zeus."

Hypothetically speaking, if an offering was intended for a spirit/ deity/ more powerful being with the offering being food and drink and a hungry beggar went past who had not had food/drink for a few days and saw the offering and had it, would that...

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