Note 72 — Chapter IV · HEROES
W. B. (William Bernard) Hillis translation
In the examples collected in n. 35 above the removal of the Hero’s bones was in each case commanded by the Delphic oracle. Typical examples of the foundation of an annual festival of a Hero on the recommendation of an oracle: Hdt. i, 167; Paus. 8, 23, 7; 9, 38, 5.