their notion as to the wasting effect of incest, ii. 115;

ran round the hearth with new-born babes, ii. 232;

fire-sticks, employed by the, ii. 251;

prayed to Zeus for rain, ii. 359;

dedicated locks of hair to rivers, iii. 261, 261 n. 5;

vicarious sacrifices among, iv. 166 n. 1;

their modes of disposing of things used in purificatory rites, vii. 9;

compared the begetting of children to the sowing of seed, vii. 11;

their faith in Demeter as the corn-goddess, vii. 64;

their cycle of eight years, vii. 80 sqq.;