Thanks for the good background on classical irony, Glenn. As for women’s plight in ancient Greece, not only was it apparently scandalous for them to be seen outside the house, Euripides’ Hermione (in “Andromache,” translated by Deborah Roberts) says:
But never, never—I’ll say it not just once—
should any married man who has good sense
allow other women to come visiting
his wife at home: they’ll teach her wickedness.
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