>The wild olive is said to have been introduced into Greece by Heracles from the land of the Hyperboreans, men living beyond the home of the Northern Winds.
>In the Isle of Delos, Delian girls and boys cut their hair in honor of these Hyperborean maidens, who were sacrificed to Royal Artemis.
>The girls before their marriage cut off a tress and lay it on the tomb, wound around a spindle, likewise the hair of boys twined around a stalk and offered it to the statue of the goddess.
>And thus, the Hyperborean maidens received exaltation.
>In the Isle of Delos, Delian girls and boys cut their hair in honor of these Hyperborean maidens, who were sacrificed to Royal Artemis.
>The girls before their marriage cut off a tress and lay it on the tomb, wound around a spindle, likewise the hair of boys twined around a stalk and offered it to the statue of the goddess.
>And thus, the Hyperborean maidens received exaltation.
