[268] Ib. 78.

[269] Ib. 96-7.

[270] Smith, Dict. Gk. Ant. s.v. φόνος, vol. ii. p. 385.

[271] Eum. p. 92.

[272] Infra, p. [205]; see also p. 198.

[273] Infra, p. [210].

[274] We interpret the Greek words ἄφεσις and ἀφίημι as implying ‘release’ when blood-guilt is entirely remitted, as in the Demosthenic passages cited on page [176]. Plato, however, obviously applies the terms to ‘partial release’ or forgiveness.

[275] Laws, ix. ch. 9.

[276] Ibid. ch. 8.

[277] Eum. p. 93.