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ArchjiologU AtticX, Lib.^ *C4p. ^\ 213
ir would continae fo. But (with reverence be it fpokcn) I
rather believe it to have been upon the tenth day (or the
tenth night rather) becaufe the fcaft which they kept was caU
1ed/5?^7>, and tbofe which then facrificd (for that was 10 be
done firft) were faid to Szyjjlw SvV, or AfJ.Ttw i^xmu-.^nd at the
fame feaftrfaies Sfii^Oijwete the Kindred wont to meet all to-
gether, tobewitneflcs {as we call it^ to the naming of the
child, after the manner ot the Romans at the NominMha. Againe,
befides the authority of a ScholiafV upon the word
j^Kd-m (in Avibus tyirijiophanis) I have the plaine teftimony
of the Poet himfelfe in the fame Comedy in another place,where
he brings in Pijihetcns thasfpcakiag of Athens, in an
alluHon to the cuftome.
'OvKaifn ^aituj /v{^7^jM tojjvk ty»
Now a a Father might give what najne be pleafd to any of ^ ^"^'^''•^* '^
bis children: bat ufually the eldeft fonne was called by the ^'
Jiame of the Grand- father* I cannot fay that they kept this
came, and had no more: for many times they changd tbeic
name, as th y changd their condition. Thus the daoghtcr -^
of Troteus^ when (he came to be elder and wifer, affumcd the *"^^i Ji^'
name of Theonoe ; thus ' Ltucipfe when fhe was bought, was /. 5.
new namd Laccena-^tr^i Ifmtniai^ Atraces, when he became Eufla.l.^
cnflavd. And indeed for the Servants, ic was an ordinary
thing to give up their names, and all to theic Maders, who
prefently gave them new, fuch as they thought fit. Either
from the Country, sCTp©-; or the colour and complexion,
ts i ^*r^:ti or oTTifftoi'. or feme good quality in him, ts ^n* T hoc. Biblimb.
psf, and j^oV&rt-, or elfe from the day or the time whereon ^"i. 179.
they bought him , as « NutMyioi, Ac Rome the Matter gave
them a name of their owne: but twas when they fei them
free, and fo a new name was a token of liberty too: or of
fomething better, as of an adopiion» (when the adopters -^ft Key. 2.15^
same was the better of the two) or fome other good fortone:
which made him 'm Lucian^ when an Eflate ^11 to him,
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