Marriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil.

το αμεΐν εάν τις την άΧηθειαν σκοπή, κακόν μεν εστίν, αλλ' άνα γκαΐον κακόν.

Menander

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Topic

Marriage

Author

Menander

Medium

Fragment

Language

Greek

Time

290 BC 290s BC 3rd century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Playwright Writer

From

Greece Europe Ancient Greece

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Menander. Unidentified fragment 651. c. 300 BC.

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Source
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Medium
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Genre
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Language
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Time
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