but octopuses will make their lairs on me and sleek seals
their homes untroubled with no people near
but if you would deign to swear me a great oath, goddess,
that he will build a very beautiful temple here first
to be an oracle for men, and then
among all men, since he will be worshipped under many names.
so she spoke, and Leto swore the great oath of the gods:
now let the earth know these things and the wide heaven above
and the flowing water of the Styx, which is the greatest
and most awful oath among the blessed gods,
that in this place there will always be a fragrant
altar and sacred precinct for Phoibos, and he will honor you above all.
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