The Hindu Woman in Marriage

ἀλλ᾿ ἐννοεῖν χρὴ τοῦ το μὲν γυναῖχ᾿ ὅτι

ἒφυμεν ὡς πρὸς ἄνδρας οὐ μαχουμίνα

ἔ πει τα δ᾿ οὕνεκ᾿ ἀρχόμεσθ᾿ ἐκ κρεισσόνων

καὶ ταῦ τ᾿ ἀκούειν κἄτι τῶνδ᾿ ἀλγίονα.

Antigone, ll. 61 seq.

“But we must reflect first that we were born a woman,

Not such as to strive against men: and then that as