Sophocles, Antigone 648-9

 

 

“Son, never lose your mind for the pleasure of a woman.”

 

 

μή νύν ποτ᾽, ὦ παῖ, τὰς φρένας ὑφ᾽ ἡδονῆς

γυναικὸς οὕνεκ᾽ ἐκβάλῃς

 

 

Poor advice, perhaps, in the city of Thebes

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