Ye hapless dames!TheseusThou art not of their company.AethraMay I a scheme declare, my son, that shall add to thy glory and the state’s?TheseusYea, for oft even from women’s lips issue wise counsels.AethraYet the word, that lurks within my heart, makes me hesitate.TheseusShame! to hide from friends good counsel.AethraNay then, I will not hold my peace to blame myself hereafter for having now kept silence to my shame, nor will I forego my honourable proposal, from the common fear that it is useless for women to give good advice. First, my son, I exhort thee give good heed to heaven’s will, lest from slighting it thou suffer shipwreck; Probably spurious. for in this one single point thou failest, though well-advised in all else. Further, I would have patiently endured, had it not been my duty