Zeus as the god of, ii. 359 sq.;
prevented by the blood of a woman who has miscarried in child-bed, iii. 153;
caused by cut or combed out hair, iii. 271, 272;
word for, not to be mentioned, iii. 413;
procured by bones of the dead, v. 22;
excessive, ascribed to wrath of God, v. 22 sq.;
instrumental in rebirth of dead infants, v. 95;
regarded as the tears of gods, vi. 33;
thought to be controlled by the souls of dead chiefs, vi. 188, viii. 109;
prayer for, at Eleusis, vii. 69;