_ 170 Handbuch der Griechischen Staatsalterthümer_, von G. Gilbert, ii. p. 298, quotation from Dittenberger 371, 4 ff.:—(ὁ) πριάμε(νος τ)ὴν ἱερητείαν τῆς Ἀρτέμιδος τῆς Περ(γα)ίας π(αρ)έξετα(ι ἱ)έρειαν ἀστὴν ἐξ ἀστῶν ἀμφοτέρων ἐπὶ (τ)ρεῖς γενεὰς γεγενημένην καὶ πρὸς πατρὸς καὶ πρὸς μητρός. 171 Nehemiah vii. 64. M89 Seventh generation in the Ordinances of Manu. _ 172 Manu_, x. 64. M90 All within the ἀγχιστεία were liable. 173 Plato’s _Laws_, ix. 871 B. _ 174 Cf._ 868. 175 872 E. 176 878 D. M91 The Law of Draco. 177 Dem. _c. Makart_, 1069. There is some uncertainty in the text of this passage, but the following is Blass’ reading adopted by Kohler:—προειπεῖν τῷ κτείναντι ἐν ἀγορᾷ ἐντὸς ἀνεψιότητος καὶ ἀνεψιοῦ συνδίωκειν δὲ καὶ ἀνεψιοὺς καὶ ἀνεψιῶν παῖδας καὶ ἀνεψιαδοῦς καὶ γαμβροὺς καὶ πενθέρους καὶ φράτορας. I am indebted to Mr. J. W. Headlam for this information, and also for the fact of the discovery of the confirmatory inscription. 178 Dem. _c. Euerg. et Mnesib._ 1161. κελεύει ὁ νόμος τοὺς προσήκοντας ἐπεξιέναι μέχρι ἀνεψιαδῶν; καὶ ἐν τῷ ὅρκῳ διορίζεται ὅτι προσήκων ἐστι etc.... _Cf._ Pollux, viii. 118 (obviously quoting this passage). M92 The case of murder within the ἀγχιστεία. _ 179 Laws_, 877 c. _ 180 Cf._ 2 Sam. xiv. 7. House extinguished for fratricide. M93 The blood-fine or galanas in Wales. _ 181 Dimetian Code_, ii. i. _ 182 Gwentian Code_, ii. viii. _Cf._ Sapinda and Samānodaka: both owe rites at death of kinsman. Manu, ix. 186, and v. 60, quoted above. _ 183 Venedotian Code_, iii. i. M94 Defilement rested upon the group of kinsmen. _ 184 Inscript. Jurid. Grecques_ par Dareste, &c., 1891, p. 10. Inscription found at Iulis in Keos. _Fifth century_ B.C. _Cf._ Numbers xix. 14. _ 185 c. Makart._ 1071. M95 The mother’s relations included in Greece and in Wales. _ 186 Welsh Laws_, vol. i. 229. Cf. _Ord. of Manu_, ix. 201, where list of those incapable of receiving inheritance includes eunuchs. M96 The usual holding of a citizen was called a κλῆρος or “lot.” 187 ὁ περὶ τῶν κλήρων καὶ ἐπικλήρων. _Pol. Ath._ 9. M97 The relation of ownership of land to the structure of the family. 188 Cf. _Cic. de Legibus_ ii. 21. Nam sacra cum pecunia pontificum auctoritate, nulla lege conjuncta sunt. 189 Dem. _in Calliclem_, 13-14. Coulanges, _Problèmes d’Histoire_, p. 19. 190 Arist. _Pol. Ath._ lv. 3; Harpocration, ὅτι δὲ τούτοις μετῆν τῆς πολιτείας οἷς εἴη Ζεὺς ἑρκεῖος, δεδήλωκε καὶ Ὑπερείδης ... 191 In other words, the devisee could not possess the property devised to him until his place as heir in the succession by blood or adoption was legally established.