who learned their hatred of women long ago,
for those who hate them now, for those unborn
who shall live to hate them yet, I now declare
my firm conviction: neither earth nor ocean
produces a creature as savage and monstrous
as woman." - Meaning and context.">
Hecuba (424 BC), ll. 1177-1182 (tr. William Arrowsmith, 1956)
Let me tell you, if anyone in the past has spoken
ill of women, or speaks so now or will speak so
in the future, I’ll sum it up for him: Neither sea
nor land has ever produced a more monstrous
creature than woman.
(tr. Jay Kardan and Laura-Gray Street, 2011, in Didaskalia, vol. 8 no. 32)

On behalf of all those dead
who learned their hatred of women long ago,
for those who hate them now, for those unborn
who shall live to hate them yet, I now declare
my firm conviction: neither earth nor ocean
produces a creature as savage and monstrous
as woman.

— Euripides

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "On behalf of all those dead
who learned their hatred of women long ago,
for those who hate them now, for those unborn
who shall live to hate them yet, I now declare
my firm conviction: neither earth nor ocean
produces a creature as savage and monstrous
as woman." in the context of "Hecuba (424 BC), ll. 1177-1182 (tr. William Arrowsmith, 1956)
Let me tell you, if anyone in the past has spoken
ill of women, or speaks so now or will speak so
in the future, I’ll sum it up for him: Neither sea
nor land has ever produced a more monstrous
creature than woman.
(tr. Jay Kardan and Laura-Gray Street, 2011, in Didaskalia, vol. 8 no. 32)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Euripides

About Euripides

Euripides (Greek: Εὐριπίδης; c. 480 BC–406 BC) was a Greek playwright.