[2668]. Demosth. adv. Macart. § 15.
[2669]. Cf. Theocrit. xv. 132.
[2670]. The same practice still prevails in modern times. Chandler, ii. 153.
[2671]. Terent. Andria. i. l. 90, seq. Lys. de Cæd. Eratosth. § 2.
[2672]. They likewise sacrificed to the ghosts of the dead with their faces towards the west, to the Uranian gods, with their faces eastward. Scol. Apoll. Rhod. i. 589.
[2673]. Cf. Plut. Themist. § 8. Schol. Thucyd. ii. 34.
[2674]. Numerous bassi-relievi representing these funeral banquets have been preserved both at Athens and in the island of Chios, where the custom has prevailed in modern times of fixing such pieces of antiquities in the walls, over doors and gateways. Chandler, ii. 39.
[2675]. Kirchman. p. 502, sqq.
[2676]. Quintil. Declam. x.
[2677]. Cf. Demosth. adv. Call. § 4.