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“Golden are both the garment and the clasp of Apollo, his lyre, his Lyctian bow, and his quiver: golden, too, his sandals; for Apollo is rich in gold, and has also many possessions.

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“And indeed he is ever beauteous, ever young.

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“Great, too, in art is no one so much as Apollo.

“To Phœbus the care of the bow as well as of song is intrusted.

“To him, likewise, belong divinations and diviners: and from Phœbus physicians have learned the art of delaying death.

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“And following Phœbus men are wont to measure out cities. For Phœbus ever delights in founding cities and Phœbus himself lays their foundations.”