Monday, November 04, 2024

 

Clothing, or Its Absence

Plautus, Mostellaria 169 (tr. Wolfgang de Melo):
Lovers don't love a woman's dress, but its stuffing.

non vestem amatores amant mulieris, sed vestis fartim.
Id. 289:
A beautiful woman will be more beautiful naked than dressed in purple.

pulchra mulier nuda erit quam purpurata pulchrior.

# posted by Michael Gilleland @ 5:59 AM


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