And how, then, I asked, is it that some think that by the underworld63    τὸν ὑποχθόνιον is meant an actual place, and that it harbours within itself64    κἀκεῖνον ἐν αὑτῷ, H. Schmidt’s reading, on the authority of 3 Codd. The reading of Krabinger is ἐν ἑαυτῷ τε κἀκεῖνον. But the underworld is the only habitation in question.—οὕτω λέγεσθαι, above, must mean, “is rightly so named.” the souls that have at last flitted away from human life, drawing them towards itself as the right receptacle for such natures?

_Γ. Καὶ πῶς, εἶπον, τὸν ὑποχθόνιον χῶρον οἴονταί τινες οὕτω λέγεσθαι, καὶ ἐν αὐτῷ κἀκείνων τὰς ψυχὰς πανδοχεύειν, καθάπερ τι χώρημα τῆς τοιαύτης φύσεως δεκτικὸν τὰς ἀποπτάσας ἤδη τῆς ἀνθρωπίνης ζωῆς πρὸς ἑαυτὸν ἐφελκόμενον;