_ 35 Ordinances of Manu_, translated by A. C. Burnell, edited by E. W. Hopkins. London: 1884. Bk. ix. 106, 8, 182, 137, 161. M27 and according to Plato. _ 36 Laws_, 721 B, Trans. Jowett, _cf._ 923 A. 37 Dem. _c. Leoch._ 1090, and _Il._ xxiii. 163, xvi. 455, xxiv. 793. 38 Dem. _c. Macart._ 1077. 39 Isaeus, ii. 36 and 42. 40 Arist. _Pol._ 1, 2, 4, Ἡ κτῆσις μέρος τῆς οἰκίας ἐστί. M28 The importance of male succession. 41 Plut. _Lycurg. and Numa_ 4. Xen. _Rep. Lac._ i. 7 to 9. 42 From Xen. _Rep. Lac._ i. 9, it would seem that such children, born into a family where there were already children of both father and mother, had no share in the family property. 43 This was the practice also in Arabia (Rob. Smith, _Kinship &c._, p. 110). 44 Herod. v. 40. 45 Herod. vii. 205. Quoted by Hearn, _Aryan Household_, p. 71. _ 46 Iliad_ xv. 497. 47 Is. vii. 30. 48 Is. ii. 36. 49 Is. iii. 59 and 60, vi. 28. M29 Succession through a daughter. 50 For want of a better translation implying “going with the property” this word will be rendered by “heiress.” 51 Is. viii. 31. _Cf._ συνουκεῖν in Dem. _in Neaeram_ 1386. 52 Demosth. _Steph_. ii. 1134. Son. of ἐπίκληρος inherits (κρατεῖν τῶν χρημάτων) ἐπὶ δίετες; τὸν δὲ σῖτον μετρεῖν τῇ μητρί. 53 Is. vi. 14. _Cf._ Ar. _Vesp_. 583 _et seq._ _ 54 Manu_ ix. 131 and 132. _ 55 Ib._ 136. _ 56 Ib._ 135. M30 She must marry the next of kin. _ 57 Laws_, 924. _ 58 Cf._ Terence, _Phormio_ 125-6. Lex est ut orbae, qui sunt genere proxumi, Eis nubant, et illos ducere cadem haec lex jubet. and Diod. Sic. xii. 18: ὁ δὲ ἀγχιστεὺς πλούσιος ὦν ἠναγκάσθη γῆμαι γυναῖκα πενιχρὰν ἐπίκληρον ἄνευ προικός. M31 even though already married. 59 Isaeus, iii. 64. _ 60 Ordinances_ iii. 11. 61 Isaeus, i. 39. M32 Similar rules in the laws of Gortyn, 62 vii. 15-ix. 24. We may compare this with _Odyssey_ vii. 60 _et seq._ where Alkinoos marries his _niece_, Arete, the only child and therefore ἐπίκληρος of his brother Rhexenor. _ 63 c. Macart._ 1068 (_Law_) 64 (Plut. _Solon_ 21. ἐν τῷ γένει τοῦ τεθηκότος ἔδει τὰ χρήματα καταμένειν. Plato, _Laws_ 925. A heiress _must_ marry a citizen. In the Gortyn laws, if any one marry the heiress contrary to law, the next of kin shall have the property). M33 and amongst the Israelites. M34 The levirate proper not found in Greece. M35 The widow returned to her guardian. 65 Dem. _c._ _Macart_. 1076. Widow only allowed to remain in her deceased husband’s house on plea of pregnancy and under the guardianship of the archon. Dem. _c._ _Boeot_. 1010. Wife leaves her husband’s house and is portioned out again by her brothers.