Note 44 — Chapter V · THE CULT OF SOULS
W. B. (William Bernard) Hillis translation
τὸ θρηνεῖν πεποιημένα, Plu., Sol. 21: by which is meant funeral hymns carefully prepared beforehand and perhaps ordered from professional θρήνων σοφισταί, not spontaneous expressions of grief breaking out as though involuntarily.