It stands her in good stead to have learned to think nobly and to consider death not an evil and life not a good, and at the same time it stands her in good stead not to turn pain aside and not to pursue lack of pain above all. Therefore it is likely that this woman would be both self-motivated and persevering, the kind of woman to nurse at her own breast the children whom she brings forth, to serve her hus-band with her own hands, and to do without hesitation tasks which some consider appropriate for slaves.