[Choir of] Men: There is no beast, no rush of fire, like woman so untamed. She calmly goes her way where even panthers would be shamed.
[Choir of] Women: And yet you are fool enough, it seems, to dare to war with me, when for your faithful ally you might win me easily.
Lysistrata, line 1014-1017 - Lysistrata (411 BC) [tr. Lindsay 1925, Perseus]
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