Passage 8.2.5
οὕτω πείθοιτο ἄν τις καὶ Λυκάονα θηρίον καὶ τὴν Ταντάλου Νιόβην γενέσθαι λίθον. ἐπʼ ἐμοῦ δὲ---κακία γὰρ δὴ ἐπὶ πλεῖστον ηὔξετο καὶ γῆν τε ἐπενέμετο πᾶσαν καὶ πόλεις πάσας---οὔτε θεὸς ἐγίνετο οὐδεὶς ἔτι ἐξ ἀνθρώπου, πλὴν ὅσον λόγῳ καὶ κολακείᾳ πρὸς τὸ ὑπερέχον, καὶ ἀδίκοις τὸ μήνιμα τὸ ἐκ τῶν θεῶν ὀψέ τε καὶ ἀπελθοῦσιν ἐνθένδε ἀπόκειται.
Thus one might well be persuaded that Lycaon became a beast, and Niobe, daughter of Tantalus, was turned to stone. But in my own day—when indeed wickedness has increased greatly and spread throughout all lands and cities—no one ever becomes a god from among men any longer, except insofar as they are honored through words and flattery toward those in power. As for the unjust, the wrath from the gods awaits them, though late, even after they have departed from this life.