Apollo’s Oracle and the Righteous Men

“About that time, it is said, Apollo spoke from a deep, dark cave, and not through any human voice. He declared that the righteous men on earth were keeping him from speaking the truth, and that this was why the oracles from the tripod were false. That was why he let his hair hang down as a sign of grief, and mourned the evils that the loss of the oracular spirit would bring on mankind. But let us note what came of this. [a]