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== 570–510 BC: Pythagoras of Samos == | == 570–510 BC: Pythagoras of Samos == | ||
{{quote|There is a good principle which created order, light, and man, and an evil principle which created chaos, darkness, and woman.}} | {{quote|There is a good principle which created order, light, and man, and an evil principle which created chaos, darkness, and woman.}} | ||
==c. 800-700 BC: The Iliad== | |||
{{Quote|"To this Hector of the gleaming helm made no answer, but Helen spoke to him in gentle tones: ‘Brother, I am indeed that wicked she-dog [slut] whom all abhor. I wish that on the day of my birth, some vile blast of wind had blown me to the mountains, or into the waves of the echoing sea, where the waters would have drowned me, and none of this would have come about. But since the gods ordained this fate, I wish that I had a better man for husband, who felt the reproaches and contempt of his fellow men. But this man of mine is fickle, and ever will be so, and will reap the harvest of it hereafter. But enter, now and be seated, my brother, since you are the most troubled in mind of all, through my shamelessness and Paris’ folly. Zeus has brought an evil fate upon us, and in days to come we shall be a song for those yet unborn."|<ref>Homer 2009, ''The Iliad'', trans. AS Kline, Poetry in Translation, retrieved 31 August 2022, https://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Greek/Iliad15.php</ref>}} | |||
{{Quote|"Over her Diomedes of the loud war-cry raised a great shout of triumph: ‘Daughter of Zeus [Aphrodite], leave battle and strife to others. Isn’t it enough that you snare feeble women? Rejoin the fight and you’ll learn to shudder at the name of war!’|''ibid''}} | |||
==c. 800-700 BC: The Odyssey== | ==c. 800-700 BC: The Odyssey== | ||
{{Quote|"So true is it that there is nothing more dread or more shameless than a woman who puts into her heart such deeds [...]"|''Homer. The Odyssey with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, PH.D. in two volumes'', Book XI.<ref>http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0136%3Abook%3D11%3Acard%3D404</ref>}} | {{Quote|"So true is it that there is nothing more dread or more shameless than a woman who puts into her heart such deeds [...]"|''Homer. The Odyssey with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, PH.D. in two volumes'', Book XI.<ref>http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0136%3Abook%3D11%3Acard%3D404</ref>}} | ||