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ἐπ᾽ ἐξαγωγῇ: for exportation abroad (cf. vii. 156. 2 ad fin.) like the Circassians.

Many races are comparatively indifferent to juvenile unchastity, and only impose strict conduct on women after marriage. Cf. i. 93. 4 n., Peschel, Races of Man, p. 220 f., but per contra, Westermarck, op. cit. p. 61 f.

For marriage by purchase cf. the speech of the Thracian chief Seuthes, Xen. Anab. vii. 2. 37σοὶ δέ, Ξενοφῶν, καὶ θυγατέρα δώσω καὶ εἴ τις σοὶ ἔστι θυγάτηρ ὠνήσομαι Θρᾳκίῳ νόμῳ”, and Peschel, op. cit. p. 227 f.; Westermarck, op. cit. ch. 17.

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