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Whose god is the belly (hou to theos hē koilia). The comic poet Eupolis uses the rare word Koiliodaimōn for one who makes a god of his belly and Seneca speaks of one who abdomini servit. Sensuality in food, drink, sex then as now mastered some men. These men posed as Christians and gloried in their shame.
Who mind earthly things (hoi ta epigeia phronountes). Anacoluthon. The nominative does not refer to polloi at the beginning, but with the accusative tous echthrous in between. See note on Mar 12:40.