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.;