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WT Sharpe · 12-22-2010, 06:48 AM

.....ἔστιυ δὲ μήτηρ φιλότεκνος μάλλον πατρός ᾑ μὲν γὰρ αὑτῆς οἰδεν ὂνθ᾿, ὁ δ᾿ οἲεται.
.....A mother loves her child more than a father does, for she knows it's her own while he but thinks it's his.
..........— Menander (Μένανδρος); ca. 342–291 BCE), Greek dramatist. Menander: The Principle Fragments, With an English Translation by Francis G. Allinson (1921), Unidentified Minor Fragments, 657 K.

12-22-2010, 06:48 AM	#1004
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,072 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	.....ἔστιυ δὲ μήτηρ φιλότεκνος μάλλον πατρός ᾑ μὲν γὰρ αὑτῆς οἰδεν ὂνθ᾿, ὁ δ᾿ οἲεται. .....A mother loves her child more than a father does, for she knows it's her own while he but thinks it's his. ..........— Menander (Μένανδρος); ca. 342–291 BCE), Greek dramatist. *Menander: The Principle Fragments*, With an English Translation by Francis G. Allinson (1921), Unidentified Minor Fragments, 657 K.