And she asked the god about a husband and the god replied, no need of a husband for you, Atalanta. Avoid the very idea of husbands!31 The Latin here reads fuge coniugis usum – flee the use of a husband – which I may yet have as a tattoo. Although I’d have to be sure to stop before the next line, where the oracle has bad news: though you won’t escape, you’ll keep your life but lose yourself.
