66 Cf. _Ord. of Manu_ v. 147-8. “No act is to be done according to (her) own will by a young girl, a young woman, or even by an old woman, though in (their own) houses. “In her childhood (a girl) should be under the will of her father; in her youth, of her husband; her husband being dead, of her sons; a woman should never enjoy her own will.” 67 Dem. _c._ _Spoud_. 1029. Father takes away daughter and gives her to another. _Cf._ also Dem. _c._ _Eubulid_. 1311. Isaeus, v. 10. By coming into an inheritance from his first cousin, a man also becomes guardian (ἐπίτροπος καὶ κύριος) of his three female first cousins, though all married. 68 Dem. _pro Phormio._ 953. 69 As in Isaeus, ii. 7 and 8. 70 ix. 70. &c. M36 Marriage of near relations. 71 vii. 11 and 12. M37 The levirate among the Israelites. M38 The case of Tamar. 72 Gen. xxxviii. 10. M39 The case of Ruth. 73 Ruth i. 8-12. 74 For the meaning of ἀγχιστεύς see below p. 55. M40 Dependence on the next of kin. M41 The son of the heiress must leave his father’s house, 75 xi. 49. M42 and enter that of the deceased relative 76 Isaeus, vii. 31. _ 77 c. Macart._ 1077. M43 Hence the custom of adoption. 78 Dem. _c. Leochar._ 1093. ἐκ τῶν κατὰ γένος ἐγγυτάτω εἰσποιεῖν υἱὸν τῷ τετελευτηκότι ὅπως ἄν ὁ οἶκος μὴ ἐξερημωθῇ. 79 Is. x. 17. M44 The introduction of the heir to the kindred. 80 Arist. _Pol._ 1, 2, 4 Ἡ κτῆσις μέρος τῆς οἰκίας ἐστί. M45 The same for true as for adopted son. M46 The ceremony at Athens; 81 Is. ii. 14. 82 Is. vii. 1, 16, 13 and 27. 83 Dem. _c. Eubulid._ 1315. 84 Is. vi. 25. 85 Andoc. _de Myst._ 126. 86 Dem. _c. Macart._ 1054 and 1078. 87 Dem. _c. Leoch._ 1091. Isaeus iii. 80 and viii. 18. M47 and at Gortyn; 88 Isaeus ix. 7 (_Astyph._) τελευτήσαντι αὐτῷ καὶ τοῖς ἐκείνου προγόνοις τά νομιζόμενα ποισει. 89 Isaeus vi. 44; ix. 2 and 33; x. 2 and 4. Dem. _c. Leoch._ passim. _Cf. Manu_, ix. 142. 90 Dem. _c. Leoch._ 1094, 1099, and (_lex Solonis_) 1100. _ 91 Ib._ 1090. M48 and also in India. 92 Mayne on _Hindu Law_ (1892), p. 105 and 162. _ 93 Op. cit._ p. 141-2 and 189. _Manu_ ix. 142. He offers no cake to his original ancestors. M49 The introduction to the deme. M50 The custom of tonsure. _ 94 Thes._ 5. 95 ἀπάρχεσθαι: in Homer to “begin” a sacrifice by offering the _hair_ of the victim. Later, to “dedicate.” _ 96 Il._ ii. 542 ὄπιθεν κομόωντες. 97 Herod, iii. 8. The Arabs cut their hair in a ring away from the temples. _ 98 Il._ xxiii. 141-6. 99 Paus. i. 37, 3. _ 100 Char._ 21. _ 101 Deipnosoph._ xi. 88. _ 102 Manu_ ii. 65. _ 103 Cf._ ii. 38. This was the last year that a Brahman could receive investiture. 104 Isaeus, vi. 10.