ʃiː stˈɑːɹts wɪð ɐn ɐpˈɑːlədʒi ænd dᵻfˈɛndz hɜː tɹænslˈeɪʃən ɐɡˈɛnst ðɪ ˈɑːɹɡjuːmənts fɔːɹ wˈɪmɪnz ˌɪntəlˈɛktʃuːəl ɪnfˌɪɹiˈɔːɹᵻɾi, sˈʌtʃ ɐz ðoʊz ɐdvˈænst baɪ hˈoʊmɚ, hɪɹˈɑːdəɾəs, ænd klˈɔːd flˈɜːɹi.
She starts with an apology and defends her translation against the arguments for women's intellectual inferiority, such as those advanced by Homer, Herodotus, and Claude Fleury.