διεῖχον πολὺ ἀπ' ἀλλήλων

From LSJ

Γυναῖκα θάπτειν κρεῖσσόν ἐστιν ἢ γαμεῖν → Sepelire satius feminam quam ducere → Ein Weib bestatten, besser ist's als heiraten

Menander, Monostichoi, 95

English > Greek (Woodhouse Quotes Reversed)

they were some distance from one another