“So let your heart and spirit be strong to listen; Odysseusis not the only man at Troy to lose the day of his returnhome, since many other men perished there as well.Go back to your rooms and take charge of your own tasks,the loom and the distaff, and order your women servantsto go about their work. Talk must be men's concern, all ofthem, and mine especially, for the power in the house is mine.”