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Patara lay on the coast just east of Xanthus; Apollo was at home there for the six winter months, at Delos for the rest (cf. Hor. Odes iii. 4. 64Delius et Patareus Apollo”). So he was supposed to be away from Delphi for the three winter months. For the periodical migrations of the gods cf. Frazer, P. iii. 58. When the god was away, he naturally could not divine (cf. the irony of Elijah, 1 Kings xviii. 27).

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