themophoriae

Updated: June 8, 2025

Praxagora is recounting the merits and services of women: "They dip their wool in hot water according to the ancient plan, all of them without exception, and never make the slightest innovation. They sit and cook, as of old. They carry upon their heads, as of old. They conduct the Themophoriae, as of old. They wear out their husbands, as of old. They buy sweets, as of old.

G. Lowes (Goldsworthy Lowes) Dickinson - The Greek View of Life