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A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 1 of 3

Note 493 — Chapter IV · RISE OF THE MARRIAGE CONTRACT

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Westermarck, op. cit., 386, citing Zmigrodski, Die Mutter bei den Völkern des arischen Stammes, 250. For the ancient Greeks see McLennan, op. cit., I, 44-46; Dargun, op. cit., 99; Schroeder, op. cit., 15, 16; Rossbach, op. cit., 213. According to Hruza, Ehebegründung, 5; idem, Polygamie und Pellikat, 79, 94, 95, capture of women for wives existed only in isolated cases among the ancient Hellenes.

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