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We are women, unable to perform noble deeds, but most skilful architects of every sort of harm.

— Euripides Medea (-431)

πρὸς δὲ καὶ πεφύκαμεν
γυναῖκες, ἐς μὲν ἔσθλ᾿ ἀμηχανώταται,
κακῶν δὲ πάντων τέκτονες σοφώταται.

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ll. 407–409, Medea (tr. Kovacs)

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