[282] The restoration of this process rests on Athen. 671; the other two are purely conjectural.

[283] Suggests at once Hellenic, not Egyptian customs.

[284] Plato, Rep. 526 B.

[285] Plato, Laws, 747.

[286] Technically speaking, this was λύρα, the κιθάρα being a professional instrument which was not taught at school.

[287] Illustr. [Plate I. B].

[288] Plato, Lusis, 209 B. On Inscriptions there are separate prizes for the two methods.

[289] Xen. Econ. ii. 13.

[290] Ibid. xvii. 7.

[291] Cp. British Museum Vase E 57, on which a man is leading a leopard by a string.