ill iance ▁at ▁night . ▁In ▁a ▁conversation ▁which ▁I ▁held ▁with ▁the ▁pri ests , ▁I ▁in quired ▁how ▁long ▁their ▁temple ▁had ▁been ▁built , ▁and ▁found ▁by ▁their ▁answer ▁that ▁they , ▁too , ▁differ ed ▁from ▁the ▁H ellen es . ▁They ▁said ▁that ▁the ▁temple ▁was ▁built ▁at ▁the ▁same ▁time ▁that ▁the ▁city ▁was ▁founded , ▁and ▁that ▁the ▁foundation ▁of ▁the ▁city ▁took ▁place ▁ 2 , 3 0 0 ▁years ▁ago . ▁In ▁Ty re ▁I ▁remarked ▁another ▁temple ▁where ▁the ▁same ▁god ▁was ▁wor sh ipped ▁as ▁the ▁Th as ian ▁Her acles . ▁So ▁I ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁Th as os , ▁where ▁I ▁found ▁a ▁temple ▁of ▁Her acles ▁which ▁had ▁been ▁built ▁by ▁the ▁Pho en icians ▁who ▁colon ised ▁that ▁island ▁when ▁they ▁sa iled ▁in ▁search ▁of ▁Europa . ▁Even ▁this ▁was ▁five ▁gener ations ▁earlier ▁than ▁the ▁time ▁when ▁Her acles , ▁son ▁of ▁Am ph it ry on , ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Hell as . ▁These ▁research es ▁show ▁plain ly ▁that ▁there ▁is ▁an ▁ancient ▁god ▁Her acles ; ▁and ▁my ▁own ▁opinion ▁is ▁that ▁those ▁H ellen es ▁act ▁most ▁wis ely ▁who ▁build ▁and ▁maintain ▁two ▁tem ples ▁of ▁Her acles , ▁in ▁the ▁one ▁of ▁which ▁the ▁Her acles ▁wor sh ipped ▁is ▁known ▁by ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁Olymp ian , ▁and ▁has ▁sacrifice ▁offered ▁to ▁him ▁as ▁an ▁imm ort al , ▁while ▁in ▁the ▁other ▁the ▁hon ours ▁paid ▁are ▁such