Note 55.2 — The Evolution of Religion
Reading edition
Plutarch, Apophtheg. Lacon. p. 229 D: Lysander is told by the priest that before initiation he must confess his worst sin: he asks if this was the gods’ command or the priests’, and on hearing that it was the gods who enjoined it, he replied, “Then do you stand aside and I will tell the gods if they ask me.”