[113\5: We frequently on vases see the occupant of a grave represented in the form of a snake at the foot of his tomb, etc.; e.g. on the _Prothesis_ vase, _Monum. d. Instit._ viii, 4, 5, and often, see Luckenbach, _Jahrb. f. Phil._, Suppl. ii, 500.--We have already met with snakes as a favourite form of incarnation chosen by ~chtho/nioi~ of all kinds, deities of the underworld, Heroes, and the ordinary dead, and we shall frequently meet with the same thing again. Here we need only refer to Photius ~hê/rôs poiki/los--dia\ to\ tou\s o/pheis poiki/lous o/ntas hê/rôas kalei=sthai~.] [114\5: What falls to the ground belongs to the ~hê/rôes~ ( = souls of the dead): Ar. ~Hê/rôes~ _fr._ 305 H. and G. ~toi=s teteleutêko/si tô=n phi/lôn ape/nemon ta\ pi/ptonta tê=s trophê=s apo\ tô=n trapezô=n~ (alluded to by Eur. in the _Belleroph._ [_Stheneb. fr._ 667 Din.]), ap. Ath. 427 E. This is the origin of the Pythagorean ~su/mbolon~--as usual founded on ancient belief about the soul--~ta\ peso/nta apo\ trapezê=s mê\ anairei=sthai~, D.L. viii, 34. Suid. ~Puthago/ra ta\ su/mbola~. This superstition is also the reason for the ~no/mos~ said to have been current in Kroton, ~to\ peso\n epi\ tê\n gê=n kôlu/ôn anairei=sthai~, Iamb., _VP._ 126. Similar belief and custom in Rome: Plin. 28, 27. Among the ancient Prussians it was the custom not to pick up the fragments of food that fell to the ground at meal times, but to leave them for the "poor" souls that have no blood-relations or friends left behind in the world to look after them; see Chr. Hartknoch, _Alt u. Neues Preussen_, p. 188. Similar customs elsewhere: Spencer, _Princ. of Sociol._ i, 281.] [115\5: Solonian law: D. 20, 104; 40, 49. Plu., _Sol._ 21, ~So/lônos ho kôlu/ôn no/mos to\n tethnêko/ta kakô=s agoreu/ein. kai\ ga\r ho/sion tou\s methestêko/tas _hierou\s_ nomi/zein~. This reminds us of the words of Arist., _Eudem. fr._ 37 [44] given in Plu., _C. Apoll._ 27, p. 115 B, ~to\ pseu/sasthai/ ti kata\ tô=n teteleukêko/tôn kai\ to\ blasphêmei=n ouch ho/sion hôs kata\ beltio/nôn kai\ kreitto/nôn ê/dê gegono/tôn~ (Chilon ap. Stob., _Fl._ 125, 15 M.: ~to\n teteleukêko/ta mê\ kakolo/gei alla\ maka/rize~). A very extreme form of outrage is ~pseu/sasthai kata\ tou= teleutê/santos~: Is. 9, 6; 23; 26. (The ~kakolo/gos~ is particularly liable to ~kaka\ eipei=n peri\ tô=n teteleutêko/tôn~, Thphr., _Char._ 28.) The heir of the dead man has the duty of carrying out the cult of the dead man's soul, and this includes the legal prosecution of slanderers of the dead: see Meier and Schömann, _Att. Process_^2, p. 630.] [116\5: Ar., _Tagenist. fr._ **485, 12, says of the dead, ~kai\ thu/ome/n g' autoi=si toi=s enagi/smasin, hô/sper _theoi=sin_ ktl.~] [117\5: ~krei/ttones~ Hesych. Phot. s.v. Arist. ap. Plu., _C. Apoll._ 27, p. 115 C.] [118\5: ~hi/leôs e/chein (tou\s teleutê/santas)~: Pl., _Rp._ 427 B.]