Over the glowing hill

There is a jar in a cave,

Olympian Goddesses (WIP)

-Theseus to Adrastus in Euripides' Suppliants

From the same play as before:

Aethra: My son, shall I say something which will give you and our city some honour?

Theseus: Yes, please do. Women can offer much wise council.

Aethra: But, I’m a little hesitant to utter what it’s in my mind.

Theseus: That’s a shame, mother. Keeping wise words from your dear son!

Aethra: No, I won’t stay silent now so as to have this silence punish me some time in the future. Nor will I hold back something that needs to be said through fear that speech making is unbecoming to women.

And again, because this is my favorite ancient play, I will insist on showing one of my all-time favorite quotes from it. Theseus debates the value of equality/democracy over monarchy, and says that because a king takes and takes and gives nothing, then:

Why would anyone want to bother with wealth and livelihood for his boys if it will all end up in the ruler’s hands? Or his girls. Why bother raising sweet daughters in your house if they, too, will end up with the ruler, whenever he wants them, leaving you with tears of sorrow? I’d rather die than have my daughters dragged against their will into a wedding bed!

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