fiable different minds they can now easily be pigeon-holed. Once this is done it follows (in the Greek mind) that woman now have set capacities, boundaries which they cannot aspire to surpass, whereas men, who are not categorized, have no limit to their capabilities.
One of the main features of Semonides' prejudice and, indeed the prejudice of the male population of Greece, was the belief that women were autominate – they not only make bad decisions ( 'she eats up sacrifices left unburned' – ferret), they are physically unable to make moral distinctions between right and wrong:
'she often calls bad things good and good things bad' – the Vixen
'she knows nothing good or bad' – Earth
'when it comes to the bed of love she accepts any partner' – the Do
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