INDEX

A
Abipones, their customs, [148];
independence of women among, [186]
Abrotonum, [342]
Adoption, among early races, [144], [145], [324];
symbol of, [146], [147]
Affection in primitive groups, [126]
Agamemnon, [256]
Agnation, [351]
Ainos, [49]
Altruism, its development in the female, [17], [67], [86];
its development in society, [124], [140]
Amazonianism, [208]
Andromache, [283]
Arabia, organization of society in, [129], [177];
marriage in, [179], [181], [182]
Arawaks, their customs, [147], [174]
Archonship, [259];
its close, [264]
Areta, [332]
Aristocracy, its growth among the Greeks, [251], [265]-267
Aristophanes, his picture of female philosophers, [338]
Aspasia, preceptress of Socrates, [334];
her genius, her teachings, [337]-338
Assembly of the people, [156];
development of the, [251];
its duties, [259];
its disappearance in Greece, [264];
its powers among the Spartans, [293]
Atavism, [52]
Athene, her decision concerning paternity, [272]
Athenian men, their policy, [285];
ashamed of their name, [318];
their wives Carians, [319];
their moral degradation, [323]-326
Athenian women, imported foreigners, [319];
their degradation, [323];
their division into classes[324];
decline of influence among, [329];
their reputed licentiousness, [339]
Auletrides, [325]
Australians, [230]
B
Babylonian women, [234], [340]
Basileus, germ of present king, [156];
does not correspond to modern monarch, [156], [255], [257];
elected by a constituency, [253];
abolition of the office of, [259]
Birds, their courtships, [20]-21;
aversion of females for certain males among, [20];
the female among, chooses her mate, [20], [23], [25], [108];
efforts of the male to please the female among, [21];
eagerness of the male among, [21], [26], [30];
powers of the female among, [27];
inheritance of the female among, [29];
inheritance of the male among, [29];
constancy of the female among, [108]
Burgesses, [272]
C
Captives, not enslaved in early groups, [145];
as sexual slaves, [163], [276]
Cecrops, [262], [272], [329], [362]
Chastity of early races, [110], [113], [114], [306]
Clisthenes, [249], [261]
Codrus, [249], [259], [264]
Colour-blindness, [55]
Common law, the, woman’s position under, [357]
Communal marriage, [225]
Concubines, [327]
Couvade, la, its extent, [148]
Crates, [334]
Cuckoos, character of, [69]
Cynic philosophy, the, its principles, [332]
D
Danaūs, daughters of, [274]
Deme, establishment of, [249], [260]
Democracy, of early races, [127];
of the early Greeks, [250]-251;
decay of, [264]-265, [267];
in ancient Italy, [313]
Descent, traced through men, [128], [135], [281];
in Arabia, [131];
in Greece, [133]
Descent, traced through women, [141], [142], [157], [222];
its universality, [228], [311];
among the Iroquois Indians, [249];
law of, [253];
in Lycia, [310]
Desires, primary, of the male, [20]
Dicteriades, [327]
Differentiation, [8], [10], [16], [65]
Diseases of women, [61];
not constitutional, [54]
Dorians, their conservatism, [285]
Draco, [266];
his laws, [322]
E
Early Christianity, [361]
Ecclesia, [251]
Ecclesiasticism, its effect on the position of women, [356]-357
Egoism, its development in males, [17], [86];
not pronounced among earliest races, [125], [140];
its development in later ages, [155]
England in the nineteenth century, [370]
Epicureans, [333]
Eupatrids, their cupidity, [264]
Evolution, individual and historic, [15]
F
Family, the, not the basis of the gens, [246]
Female, conditions which produce the, [39]
Fijians, their customs, [116]-117;
parental affection among, [118]
Foreign women, as wives, [188], [192], [219];
as concubines, [283], [327], [348]
France, marriage customs in, [172];
in the nineteenth century, [370]
G
Gaius, [353]
Genealogies traced through fathers, [271]
Gentile organization, the, universality of, [124];
principles established by, [124];
democratic character of, [127], [138], [139], [152];
unity of, [128];
government under, [137], [152], [156], [247];
property belonging to, [140];
altruistic character of, [140], [157];
in Greece, [245];
its decay, [260];
its final overthrow, [261];
in Athens, [262]
Glycera, [341]
Government, development of, [248]
Greek society, its construction, [243], [245]
H
Hairy covering for the body, [49]-51
Hand, the female, [59]
Hercules, tradition of, [273]
Hetairai, a term of reproach, [329];
their renown, [330];
origin of the word, [338];
honoured citizens, [341];
judged by masculine standards, [344]
Hindu law, [352]
I
Infanticide, McLennan’s theory of, [217];
not practised by early races, [220];
Sir J. Lubbock’s theory of, [226]-227
Insects, nutrition determines sex, [40];
males appear first, [42]
Iroquois Indians, [137]
J
Justinian Code, [357], [359]
L
Lamia, [326]
Lance, symbol of property, [181], [312]
Leontium, [334]
Life, origin of, [4];
earliest forms hermaphrodite, [11], [15]
Lydian women, [340]
Lysicles, [336]
M
Magna Charta, [369]
Man, shorter-lived than woman,
45, [53];
imperfections in the organization of, [55]-59;
superior to woman, Darwin’s theory, [75];
assumes the duties of maternity, [147];
superior to woman according to edict of Apollo, [199]
Marriage, origin of, [161];
in India, [163];
Racshasa, [163];
in Arabia, [164], [179], [181], [182];
by Confarreatio and Usus, [164], [351];
among the Israelites, [165];
in Afghanistan, [165];
in Greenland, [170];
in Nubia, [171];
in Sparta, [173];
sadica, [179];
beena, [180];
motă, [181];
ba’al, [181], [188], [193];
laws of Mohammed, [183], [188];
in Japan, [185];
in Rome, [189];
of the future, [399];
rise of the present system of, [197];
ceremonies among the Spartans, [310]
Matter, conservation of, [6]
Mother-in-law, the, her aversion to sons-in-law, [174], [236]
N
Names, adoption of, [144]
Nemeas, [341]
O
Ontogeny, [7]
Oracles of the Greeks controlled by women, [309]
Organization of society, [123]
P
Pangenesis, [29]
Parthenogenesis, [38], [40]
Paternal affection, absence of, among lower orders, [69], [71];
not a primary character, [71];
absence of, among lower races, [149];
absence of, among the Romans, [189], [191]
Pericles, [335]
Perpetual tutelage of women, [350]
Political society, establishment of, [249], [260]-261
Polyandry, not practised among lower orders, [107]
Polygamy, rise of, [106], [189]
Poverty of the masses in Greece, [266]
Primitive races, promiscuity among, [107], [115], [211];
chastity of, [108], [110], [112], [116], [306], [307];
morality of, [112], [115], [118];
humanity of, [145]
Property, control of, [140], [221];
inheritance of, [141];
in early Greece, [250]
Protection of women in early groups, [112], [117], [146], [178], [186]
Q
Quadrupeds, constancy of the female among, [24]-25, [106]-107;
unions of, not left to chance, [25]
R
Religion of Mohammed, [183]
Religious idea, [150], [211]
Reversion, [48], [52]
Rights of Roman fathers, [191], [313]
Roman family, the, [312], [349], [352]
Roman lawyers, [352]-353
Roman society, its constitution, [243]
Roman women, [178], [189], [314]
Rotifera, [38]
S
Sabine women, capture of, [312]
St. Paul, [361]
Selection, natural, [7]
Selection, sexual, Darwin’s theory of, [18];
compared
with artificial selection, [36];
processes of, reversed, [82];
lower characters eliminated through, [90]
Sexes, origin of, [11], [14]-15;
numerical proportion of, [39], [43], [52]
Slavery, [145];
its extent in the nineteenth century, [369]
Socialism, [390]
Socrates, [334]-335
Solon, his legislation, [320]-321;
his character, [320], [322]
Spartan women, their power, [298], [308];
they controlled the land, [298];
they resisted the laws of Lycurgus, [299];
they originated the exercises of the youth, [300], [302];
their dress, [303], [305];
their influence, [303], [304], [310], [361]
Spartans, their government, [156];
democratic character of their institutions, [252]-253;
their senate, [286];
their morality, [302], [304];
adultery unknown among them, [307], [316];
election of senators among the, [309], [310]
Stoic philosophy, the, its principles, [334], [347]-348;
its effect on Roman law, [348]
Struggles for mates, [22]-23, [64]
Survival of the fittest, [388]
Symbols in marriage ceremonies, among the Circassians, [171];
in Abyssinia, [172];
in Arabia, [172];
in Scandinavia, Wales, and Ireland, [173];
in Central Africa, [175];
in Italy, [176];
as explained by McLennan, [216]
Sympathy, development of, [67]
T
Thargelia, [337]
Themistia, [334]
Themistocles, [342]
Theseus, [260], [271];
united the Attic tribes, [262]
Timotheus, [342]
Tribe, the, its formation, [126], [153];
growth of the governmental idea within, [247]
Tribes named after women, [273]
Tyrannies established among the Greeks, [263]
U
Union of tribes in Athens, [262]
Unisexual forms, development of, [15]
V
Variability denotes low organization, [36]
Variations in the human body, [47]-48
Vital force, expenditure of, [32]
W
Wife-capture, among the Israelites, [164];
among the Arabians, [177];
its extent, [177];
McLennan’s theory to account for, [215];
Lubbock’s
theory of, [224]-227;
among the Spartans, [310]
Women, in excess of men, [52];
of Greenland, [54];
their intuitions, [78];
their apparel, [80];
of Australia, [111];
among the Kaffirs, [111], [146], [187];
of early German tribes, [112];
of Nubia, [111];
of Sumatra, [112];
of Tahiti, [116];
among the Fijians, [117], [186];
among the North American Indians, [139];
head of the family, [139], [144], [154];
of Arabia, [178]-179, [188];
of Rome, [178], [190];
in Japan, [185];
among the Abipones, [186];
among the Greeks, [272], [276], [277], [279], [283];
under the ancient Roman law, [350];
under the middle Roman law, [352]-354
Y
Yavanas, [318]
Z
Zeno, [334]
Zulus, marriage customs among, [173]