Forgive me, and be silent, patiently,
For that which to us women bringeth shame
One ought in women's presence to conceal.

σύγγνωτε κἀνάσχεσθε σιγῶσαι· τὸ γὰρ
γυναιξὶν αἰσχρὸν συγγυναῖκα δεῖ στέγειν.

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