c. AD 94

J. AJ 16.204

The Antiquities of the Jews 16.204

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Antiquities of the Jews

16.204

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

204And as for the women, whenever they saw them adorned with their mother’s clothes, they threatened, that instead of their present gaudy apparel, they should be clothed in sackcloth, and confined so closely that they should not see the light of the sun.