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[19] For the achievement of her is hidden in obscurity, whereas the toils inseparable from her1 are manifest.

It may be that, if her body were visible, men would be less careless of virtue, knowing that she sees them as clearly as they see her.


1 ἁυτͅω, “it,” i.e., the achievement, would be an improvement.

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