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title: On the Nature of Women
title_greek: Ἀπόσπασμα
author: Susarion of Megara
eul_wid: atg-aa
eul_aid: atg
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/susarion-megara-nature-women-atg-aa"
period: Archaic
dialect: Doric (frg)
domain: Comedy
format: Verse
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# On the Nature of Women

*Ἀπόσπασμα*

**Author:** Susarion of Megara

**eul_wid:** `atg-aa` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/susarion-megara-nature-women-atg-aa)

## Text

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ἀκούετε λεῴ· Σουσαρίων λέγει τάδε, υἱὸς Φιλίνου Μεγαρόθεν Τριποδίσκιος· κακὸν γυναῖκες· ἀλλ’ ὅμως, ὦ δημόται, οὐκ ἔστιν οἰκεῖν οἰκίαν ἄνευ κακοῦ. καὶ γὰρ τὸ γῆμαι καὶ τὸ μὴ γῆμαι κακόν.

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