Ἀλλ’ ἐννοεῖν χρὴ τοῦτο μὲν, γυναῖχ’ ὅτι
Ἔφυμεν, ὡς πρὸς ἄνδρας οὐ μαχουμένα.
Soph. Antig. 61.
“But it is meet we think on this—that we are women, and unequal to contend with men.” They rather said with Antigone:—
——σοὶ δ’ εἰ δοκεῖ,
Τὰ τῶν θεῶν ἔντιμ’ ἀτιμάσασ’ ἔχε. * *
Ἀλλ’ ἔα με, καὶ τὴν ἐξ ἐμοῦ δυσβουλίαν.
Ib. 95.
“Do thou, if so to thee seem fit, despise that which the Gods deem holiest. * * But suffer me and my rashness!”
XXVIII. “And cloistered sisters the cartouche to mould.”