Social Commentaries
Book XI, 381
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. IV, 1918)
Social Commentaries
Every woman is a source of annoyance, but she has two good seasons, the one in her bridal chamber and the other when she is dead.
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