This text is part of:
Search the Perseus Catalog for:
Table of Contents:
Chorus
singing
Never have I listened [435] to a cleverer or more eloquent woman. Everything she says is true; she has examined the matter from all sides and has weighed up every detail. Her arguments are close, varied, and happily chosen. [440] I believe that Xenocles himself, the son of Carcinus, would seem to talk mere nonsense, if placed beside her.
Aristophanes. Women at the Thesmophoria. The Complete Greek Drama, vol. 2. Eugene O'Neill, Jr. New York. Random House. 1938.
The Annenberg CPB/Project provided support for entering this text.