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Book Excerpt: . After they had feasted and rested fromtheir long voyage, they turned their faces toward Parnassus; andApollo, playing sweeter music than men had ever heard, led the way; andthe folk of Delphi, with choirs of boys and maidens, came to meet them, singing songs of victory as they helped the Cretans up the steeppathway to the temple in the cleft of the mountain."I leave you now to have sole care of my temple," said Apollo. "Icharge you to keep it well. Deal righteously with all men; let nounclean thing pass your lips; forget self; guard well your thoughts, and keep your hearts free from guile. If you do these things, youshall be blessed with length of days and all that makes life glad. Butif you forget my words, and deal treacherously with men, and cause anyto wander from the path of right, then shall you be driven forthhomeless and accursed, and others shall take your places in the serviceof my house."Then the bright youth left them and hastened away to Mount Olympus.But every year heRead Mo
