Lysias, Against Simon, W.R.M. Lamb (Translator), 6

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[6] Hearing that the boy was at my house, he came there at night in a drunken state, broke down the doors, and entered the women’s rooms: within were my sister and my nieces, whose lives have been so well-ordered that they are ashamed to be seen even by their kinsmen. ¹

Against Simon. Lysias. W.R.M. Lamb (Translator). London. 1930.

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[6] ἡγοῦμαι ταῦθʼ ὑμῖν προσήκειν ἀκοῦσαι. πυθόμενος γὰρ ὅτι τὸ μειράκιον ἦν παρʼ ἐμοί, ἐλθὼν ἐπὶ τὴν οἰκίαν τὴν ἐμὴν νύκτωρ μεθύων, ἐκκόψας τὰς θύρας εἰσῆλθεν εἰς τὴν γυναικωνῖτιν, ἔνδον οὐσῶν τῆς τε ἀδελφῆς τῆς ἐμῆς καὶ τῶν ἀδελφιδῶν, αἳ οὕτω κοσμίως βεβιώκασιν ὥστε καὶ ὑπὸ τῶν οἰκείων ὁρώμεναι αἰσχύνεσθαι.

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Against Simon

1. Athenian women usually lived in seclusion, and only left the house to attend a religious ceremony or festival: cf. Lys. 1.20 ; Thuc. 2.45 .

Lysias Against Simon 6

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