...ordinary descents of gods compared to each other...

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...ordinary descents of gods compared to each other...

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Then in that instant all alone [50]
the god approached us,
assuming the glad countenance
of a solicitous man;

and he began with friendly words, [30]
those the charitable host first uses [55]
to offer newly-arrived strangers a meal.

https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/te ... 99.01.0223

...how much similar it is to the incipit of *Ev:

In the 15° year of Tiberius, Jesus descended from above in Capernaum...

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