c. 350-280 BC
Hipparchia
Cynic philosopher who chose the life of Crates over a rich marriage and argued with the philosophers at their own dinners.
Every line we carry
Each one links to its source, what it means, and the shirt in any of our looks.
- The hours I'd have spent at the loom, I spent on education.
A heckler mocked Hipparchia, the Cynic philosopher, as the woman who left her shuttle at the loom. She answered: yes, Theodorus, it is me, and do you think I chose badly for myself, if I spent on education the time I would have wasted at the loom? Spend your hours on what grows you.
Diogenes Laertius 6.98, our translation from the Greek