Ἀριστοφῶν δ᾽ ἐν Καλλωνίδῃ:
ἐρῶ γυναῖκας; νὴ Δί᾽ ἀπολοίμην ἄρα,
πάντων ἄριστον κτημάτων, εἰ δ᾽ ἐγένετο
κακὴ γυνὴ Μήδεια, Πηνελόπη δὲ γε
μέγα πρᾶγμ᾽. ἐρεῖ τις ὡς Κλυταιμνήστρα κακὴ
Ἄλκηστιν ἀντέθηκα χρηστήν. ἀλλ᾽ ἴσως
Φαίδραν ἐρεῖ κακῶς τις: ἀλλὰ νὴ Δία
χρηστή τις ἦν μέντοι—τίς; οἴμοι δείλαιος,
ταχέως γέ μ᾽ αἱ χρησταὶ γυναῖκες ἐπέλιπον,
τῶν δ᾽ αὖ πονηρῶν ἔτι λέγειν πολλὰς ἔχω. [p. 24]
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