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Now when the Delphians heard what danger they were in, great fear
fell on them. In their terror they consulted the oracle concerning the
holy treasures, and inquired if they should bury them in the ground,
or carry them away to some other country. The god, in reply, bade
them leave the treasures untouched - "He was able," he said,
"without help to protect his own." So the Delphians, when they
received this answer, began to think about saving themselves. And
first of all they sent their women and children across the gulf into
Achaea; after which the greater number of them climbed up into the
tops of Parnassus, and placed their goods for safety in the Corycian
cave; while some effected their escape to Amphissa in Locris. In
this way all the Delphians quitted the city, except sixty men, and
the Prophet.
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