Euripides, fr. 26 (Aeolus): Sex is a Double-Edged Sword

 

“Aphrodite has many shades:
She can please or aggrieve men wholly.”

 

τῇ δ’ ᾿Αφροδίτῃ πόλλ’ ἔνεστι ποικίλα·
τέρπει τε γὰρ μάλιστα καὶ λυπεῖ βροτούς.

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