Editing Amphiaraus (section)

==Legacy==
[[File:François Tomb Carlo Ruspi 02.jpg|thumb|[[Sisyphus]] and Amphiaraus, copy of mural in [[François Tomb]] from [[Vulci]] made in 4th century BC.]]
[[Image:Relief from Oropos Antikensammlung Berlin.jpg|thumb|Marble votive relief of a [[chariot race]], from Oropos, beginning of the 4th century BCE ([[Pergamonmuseum]], Berlin).]]

In a sanctuary at the [[Amphiareion of Oropos]], northwest of [[Attica, Greece|Attica]], Amphiaraus was worshipped with a [[Greek hero cult|hero cult]]. He was considered a healing and fortune-telling god and was associated with [[Asclepius]]. The healing and fortune-telling aspect of Amphiaraus came from his ancestry: he descended from the great seer [[Melampus]]. After making a sacrifice of a few coins, or sometimes a ram, at the temple, a petitioner slept inside<ref>See [[Incubation (ritual)]].</ref> and received a dream detailing the solution to the problem.  Games, called the Amphiaria (ἀμφιαράϊα), were celebrated in his honour there.<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0063:id=amphiaraia-cn A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890), Amphiaraia]</ref>

[[Etruscan mythology|Etruscan]] tradition inherited by the [[Ancient Rome|Romans]] is doubtless the origin of a son for Amphiaraus named Catillus who escaped from the slaughter at Thebes and led an expedition to Italy, where he founded a colony where eventually appeared the city of [[Tibur]] (now [[Tivoli, Italy|Tivoli]]), named after his eldest son Tiburtus.