If when she came she knew no more than how, when given
 wool, to turn out a cloak, and had seen only how the
 spinning is given out to the maids, is not that as
 much as could be expected? For in control of her
 appetite,
 Socrates ,
 she had been excellently trained; and this sort of
 training is, in my opinion, the most important to
 man and woman alike. But in other respects
 did you train your wife yourself, Ischomachus, so
 that she should be competent to perform her
 duties? Oh no,
 Socrates ;
 not until I had first offered sacrifice and prayed
 that I might really teach, and she learn what was
 best for us both.