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Those who have to go near elephants do not put on bright clothes, nor do
those who go near bulls put on red1 ; for the animals are made especially
furious by these colours ; and tigers, they say, when surrounded by the
noise of beaten drums go completely mad and tear themselves to pieces.2
Since, then, this is also the case with men, that some cannot well endure
the sight of scarlet and purple clothes, while others are annoyed by cymbals
and drums, 3 what terrible hardship is it for women to refrain from such
things, and not disquiet or irritate their husbands, but live with them in
constant gentleness ?
Plutarch. Moralia. with an English Translation by. Frank Cole Babbitt. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1928. 2.
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