▁annual ▁e gers is ▁(" aw ak ening ") ▁of ▁the ▁god : ▁ ▁And ▁it ▁came ▁to ▁pass ▁at ▁no on ▁that ▁E lij ah ▁mock ed ▁them ▁and ▁said , ▁" C ry ▁out ▁loud : ▁for ▁he ▁is ▁a ▁god ; ▁either ▁he ▁is ▁lost ▁in ▁thought , ▁or ▁he ▁has ▁w ander ed ▁away , ▁or ▁he ▁is ▁on ▁a ▁journey , ▁or ▁perhaps ▁he ▁is ▁sleep ing ▁and ▁must ▁be ▁aw ak ened ." ▁ ▁The ▁H ellen istic ▁novel ist , ▁Hel iod orus ▁of ▁Em esa , ▁in ▁his ▁A eth iop ica , ▁refers ▁to ▁the ▁dan cing ▁of ▁sail ors ▁in ▁honor ▁of ▁the ▁Ty rian ▁Her acles : ▁" Now ▁they ▁le ap ▁spir ited ly ▁into ▁the ▁air , ▁now ▁they ▁b end ▁their ▁kne es ▁to ▁the ▁ground ▁and ▁revol ve ▁on ▁them ▁like ▁persons ▁possessed ". ▁ ▁The ▁historian ▁Her odot us ▁recorded ▁( 2 . 4 4 ): ▁In ▁the ▁wish ▁to ▁get ▁the ▁best ▁information ▁that ▁I ▁could ▁on ▁these ▁matters , ▁I ▁made ▁a ▁voyage ▁to ▁Ty re ▁in ▁Pho en icia , ▁hearing ▁there ▁was ▁a ▁temple ▁of ▁Her acles ▁at ▁that ▁place , ▁very ▁highly ▁v ener ated . ▁I ▁visited ▁the ▁temple , ▁and ▁found ▁it ▁rich ly ▁ad orn ed ▁with ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁offer ings , ▁among ▁which ▁were ▁two ▁pill ars , ▁one ▁of ▁pure ▁gold , ▁the ▁other ▁of ▁sm ar ag d os , ▁sh ining ▁with ▁great ▁br