“But for the fire to thee I’ll give a plague,[932]
For all men to delight themselves withal,”—
Euripides writes:
“And for the fire
Another fire greater and unconquerable,
Sprung up in the shape of women.”[933]
And in addition, Homer, saying:
“There is no satiating the greedy paunch,
Baneful, which many plagues has caused to men.”[934]
Euripides says: