"Χρῆν τἄρ᾽ ἄλλοθέν ποθεν βροτοὺς παῖδας τεκνοῦσθαι, θῆλυ δ᾽ οὐκ εἶναι γένος: χοὔτως ἂν οὐκ ἦν οὐδὲν ἀνθρώποις κακόν."
— Euripides

January 1, 1970

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Men should have begotten children from some other source, no female race existing; thus would no evil ever have fallen on mankind. — ll. 573–76 (tr. Coleridge)