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[3] When they were unable to discover Orestes' tomb, they sent once more to the god1 to ask where he was buried. The Pythia responded in hexameter to the messengers:

1 τὴν ἐς θεόν, explained as =τὴν θεὸν ὁδόν. τὴν ἔνθεον(= the inspired one: after ἐπειρησομένους) would be an easy correction. But all MSS. have ἐς θεόν.

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