“The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;”
Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not slaves to much wine, but teachers of what is good — the female presbytides model reverent conduct (semnas en katastolē — dignified in demeanor), with particular warnings against slander (diabolos) and wine-slavery, vices that undermine household peace. The role as teachers of good (kalodidaskaloi) grants women explicit pedagogical authority, though directed toward younger women in familial contexts rather than public proclamation.
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