Δύ’ ἡμέραι γυναικός εἰσιν ἥδισται,
ὅταν γαμῇ τις κἀκφέρῃ τεθνηκυῖαν.
(Hipponax, fr. 68)
Two days in a woman’s life are sweetest, whenever she is married and whenever she is carried out dead. (tr. Douglas E. Gerber)
Δύ’ ἡμέραι γυναικός εἰσιν ἥδισται,
ὅταν γαμῇ τις κἀκφέρῃ τεθνηκυῖαν.
(Hipponax, fr. 68)
Two days in a woman’s life are sweetest, whenever she is married and whenever she is carried out dead. (tr. Douglas E. Gerber)