Thomas Van Nortwick, Imagining Men: Ideals of Masculinity in Ancient Greek Culture

women had to be controlled and kept from going wild because of their inherent susceptibility to lust; thus men had to exercise aidos, “shame,” and sophrosyne, “soundness of mind,” to keep women from transgressing the bounds of propriety.

Thomas Van Nortwick, Imagining Men: Ideals of Masculinity in Ancient Greek Culture

women had to be controlled and kept from going wild because of their inherent susceptibility to lust; thus men had to exercise aidos, “shame,” and sophrosyne, “soundness of mind,” to keep women from transgressing the bounds of propriety.