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Νέµουσι δ' οἴκους καὶ τὰ ναυστολούµενα ἔσω δόµων σῴζουσιν, οὐδ' ἐρηµίᾳ γυναικὸς οἶκος εὐπινὴς οὐδ' ὄλβιος → They manage households, and save what is brought by sea within the home, and no house deprived of a woman can be tidy and prosperous

Euripides, Melanippe Captiva, Fragment 6.11

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Open space: P. εὐρυχωρία, ἡ. Wide stretch of space: V. πλάξ, ἡ. They pass over wide expanses of plain: V. χωροῦσι . . . πεδίων ὑποτάσεις (Eur., Bacch. 748). Circumference: P. and V. κύκλος, ὁ, περιβολή, ἡ, περίβολος, ὁ, Ar. and P. περιφορά, ἡ. The expanse of heaven: V. αἰθέρος κύκλος, ὁ, οὐρανοῦ περιπτυχαί, αἱ.