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Mys, it is certain, went to Lebadeia, and, by the payment of a sum
of money, induced one of the inhabitants to go down to Trophonius; he
likewise visited Abae of the Phocians, and there consulted the god;
while at Thebes, to which place he went first of all, he not only got
access to Apollo Ismenius (of whom inquiry is made by means of
victims, according to the custom practised also at Olympia), but
likewise prevailed on a man, who was not a Theban but a foreigner, to
pass the night in the temple of Amphiaraus. No Theban can lawfully
consult this oracle, for the following reason: Amphiaraus by an
oracle gave the Thebans their choice, to have him for their prophet or
for their helper in war; he bade them elect between the two, and
forego either one or the other; so they chose rather to have him for
their helper. On this account it is unlawful for a Theban to sleep in
his temple.
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