A woman's time of opportunity is short, and if she doesn't seize it, no one wants to… — Aristophanes
A woman's time of opportunity is short, and if she doesn't seize it, no one wants to marry her, and she sits watching for omens.
In the original Greek
κἂν τούτου μὴ 'πιλάβηται, οὐδεὶς ἐθέλει γῆμαι ταύτην, ὀττευομένη δὲ κάθηται.
Lysistrata · 414 BC
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Aristophanes. "Lysistrata." Lysistrata and Other Plays. Penguin Classics, 2008.
Original citation
Aristophanes. Λυσιστράτη [Lysistrata]. c. 411 BC, Athens, Greece.
