This or a similar form of group marriage also provides the simplest explanation of the accounts in Herodotus and other ancient writers about community of wives among savages and barbarian peoples.

• 同样，这种群婚形式或与它类似的群婚形式，最容易说明希罗多德及其它古代著作家关于蒙昧民族和野蛮民族中共妻情况的报告。