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Antimachus of Colophon and the Position of Women in Greek Poetry

Note 22 — Women in Greek Poetry

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ἡ δὲ μελίσσης οἰκόνομός τ’ ἀγαθὴ καὶ ἐπίσταται ἐργάζεσθαι· ἧς εὔχου, φιλ’ ἑταῖρε, λαχεῖν γάμον ἱμερόεντα. [Phoc. Fr. 3.]

ἱμερόεντα sounds to a modern ear almost like bitter irony.

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