... God hath given to men slaves for the venom of all creeping pests, but none hath ever yet devised a balm for venomous woman, worse than fire or viper" Andromache to Hippolytus At the beginning of the first and following centuries, Rome may have been the ruling power of the time, Greek Hellenism had made great inroads into the nations, and the ... mixture of its philosophies did not escape the Roman subjects. The Greek poets were fond of compare woman with evil. Euripides has Hippolytus say: "Why hast thou given a home beneath the sun, Zeus, unto woman, specious curse to man?" Andromache,...

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