Bion, fr. 15 (Gow)

From a poem of Bion, a single line quoted by Stobaeus (4.21.3). We therefore have little idea of the context of this gender-stereotyping sentiment.

μορφὰ θηλυτέραισι πέλει καλόν, ἀνέρι δ’ ἁλκά.

Women’s virtue is beauty, but a man’s is strength.