βιαιοθάνατοι (βιοθάνατοι, βίαιοι), [175] f.; [v, 148], [176]; [594] f.; [604].

Birds (incarnations of Heroes), [xiv, ii, 102].

Birth, pollution of, [295].

Birthday as day of remembrance of the dead, [v, 89]; [xiv, ii, 18], [45].

Biton and Kleobis, [xiv, ii, 148], [170].

Black objects (trees, fruit, etc.) sacred to χθόνιοι, and hence have kathartic properties, [v, 61]; [ix, 81]; cf. [ix, 26]; [590].

Blest, of the dead, [171]; [vii, 10]; [xiv, ii, 31]; [541] (cf. [μακαρίτης] and [Islands] of the Blest).

Blindness follows the sight of a deity, [xiv, ii, 41].

Bliss, life of, in Hades; see [Utopia].

Blood = thought, [380].