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Excerpt: ...an honest woman might find it pleasanter to care for than to neglect possessions, the very charm of which is that they are one's very own. (21) Lit. "By Hera!" Cf. the old formula "Marry!" or "By'r lakin!" (22) Lit. "more painful had it been, had I enjoined her to neglect her own interests than to be obliged." (23) ton oikeion agathon, cp. "charity begins at home." See Joel, op. cit. p. 448. (24) Or, "true and honest", "any woman worthy of the name." sophroni = with the sophrosune of womanhood, possibly transl. "discreet and sober-minded." X So (continued Socrates), when I heard his wife had made this answer, I exclaimed: By Hera, Ischomachus, a brave and masculine intelligence the lady has, as you describe her. (To which Ischomachus) Yes, Socrates, and I would fain narrate some other instances of like large-mindedness on her part: shown in the readiness with which she listened to my words and carried out my wishes. What sort of thing? (I answered). Do, pray, tell me, since I would far more gladly learn about a living woman's virtues than that Zeuxis (1) should show me the portrait of the loveliest woman he has painted. (1) See "Mem." I. iv. 3. Whereupon Ischomachus proceeded to narrate as follows: I must tell you, Socrates, I one day noticed she was much enamelled with white lead, (2) no doubt to enhance the natural whiteness of her skin, she had rouged herself with alkanet (3) profusely, doubtless to give more colour to her cheeks than truth would warrant, she was wearing high-heeled shoes, in order to seem taller than she was by nature. (4) (2) Cf. Aristoph. "Eccl." 878, ib. 929, egkhousa mallon kai to son psimuthion: ib. 1072, "Plut." 1064. (3) Lit. "enamelled or painted with anchusa or alkanet, " a plant, the wild bugloss, whose root yields a red dye. Cf. Aristoph. "Lys." 48, Theophr. "H. Pl." vii. 8. 3. (4) See Becker, op. cit. p. 452, Breit. cf. "Anab." III. ii. 25, "Mem." II. i. 22, Aristot. "Eth. Nic." iv. 3, 5, "True beauty requires a...