According to the Talmud, even the poorest Jew who had become a widower during the first centuries C.E. would engage two flute players and a wailing woman to mourn his dead wife.
क्लेप्टीस हा ग्रीक शब्द चोराला सूचित करतो, जो पकडला जाऊ नये म्हणून गुप्तपणे काम करतो.