218 In the island of Tenos, according to an inscription of the second or third century B.C., the transfer of undivided fractions of houses and property was of exceedingly common occurrence. Sales are recorded of a fourth part of a tower and cistern; half a house, lands, tower, &c. _Inscr. Jurid. Gr._: Dareste, &c. p. 63. M109 Confirmatory evidence of the Gortyn Laws. _ 219 Gortyn Laws_, iv. 29-31. M110 But the land was in theory inalienable from the family. 220 Cf. _Ordinances of Manu_, ix. 213-4. “If an eldest (brother), through avarice, commit an injury against his younger (brothers), he should be made a not-eldest and _shareless_, and be put under restraint by kings.” “None of the brothers who perform wrong acts _deserve_ (share in) _the property_, ...” _ 221 Laws_, 877 c. 222 Lev. xxv. 25; Jerem. xxxii. 8. M111 Close analogy in the custom of Gavelkind in Kent. 223 Another version runs: “The fader to the bonde And the son to the londe.” Sandys, _History of Gavelkind_, 1851, pp. 5 and 150. M112 Allotment or “gift” to a bastard son. M113 But he was not admitted to his father’s family. _ 224 Od._ xiv. 209. _Cf._ Pindar, _Ol._ ix. 95-100. Bastard prince named after his mother’s father and given one πόλιν λαόν τε διαιτᾶν. 225 Is. vi. 23. 226 Cf. _Eur. Ion_ 1541. ... τοῦ θεοῦ δὲ λεγόμενος οὐκ ἔσχες ἄν ποτ᾽ οὔτε παγκλήρους δόμους οὔτ᾽ ὄνομα πατρός. M114 Gifts of land to new citizens. 227 See inscriptions quoted in _Mittheilungen Athen._ vol. 9, pt. 1, p. 60. εὐεργέτῃ γενομενῳ τῆς πόλεως δοῦναι πολιτείαν, κλῆρον ἐν τῷ πεδίῳ, οἰκίην, κῆπον κυάμων διηκοσίων ἀμφορέων, ἀτέλειαν ... αὐτῷ καὶ ἐκγόνοις. ... δοῦναι ἡμικλήριον δασείης κτήνειον (?) ἐν τῷ πεδίῳ, οἰκίην, κῆπον κυάμων ἀμφορέων ἑκατὸν, &c. ... αὐτῷ καὶ ἐκγόνοις. Cf. _Cauer Delect._ § 221. αὐτοῖ καὶ ἐκγόνοις, καὶ ἔγκτησιν γᾶς καὶ οἰκίας καὶ ἐπινομίας, &c. ... and § 232. _Do._ § 395 (4th cent. B.C.). So many plethra each ἔχειν πατρουέαν τὸμ πάντα χρόνον. _Do._ § 27. The importance of the grant of ἔγκτησις must lie in its being the evidence of admission to full privilege. _V. infra_, p. 139. M115 Dependence of sons during their father’s life. 228 p. 122, note A. _ 229 Manu_, ix. 104-106. M116 His property divided amongst them at his death. 230 iv. 184. “An elder brother is equal to a father.” M117 But special respect shown to the eldest son. 231 ix. 182. 232 iii. 171-2. 233 ix. 110 and 213. 234 ix. 111. M118 The duties of the householder. 235 iii. 77 _et seq._ 236 vi. 90. 237 iii. 67, 70, and 72. M119 Honour paid to the guest. 238 iii. 108. _ 239 Elektra_, 784. _ 240 Elektra_, 637. _ 241 Od._ viii. 546. ἀντὶ κασιγνήτου ξεῖνός θ᾽ ἱκέτης τε τέτυκται ἀνέρι, ὅς τ᾽ ὀλίγον περ ἐπιψαύῃ πραπίδεσσιν. _ 242 Od._ iii. 30-80.