for thus Phoebus Apollo, in giving his response, had told him that it should be, in sacred Pytho, when he passed over the threshold of stone to enquire of the oracle.
ὣς γάρ οἱ χρείων μυθήσατο Φοῖβος Ἀπόλλων Πυθοῖ ἐν ἠγαθέῃ , ὅθ' ὑπέρβη λάινον οὐδὸν χρησόμενος ·
ὡς γάρ ἕ χράω μυθέομαι Φοῖβος Ἀπόλλων Πυθώ ἐν ἠγάθεος , ὅτι ὑπερβαίνω λάινος οὐδός χράω ·