[Meaning] siblings[1] or wives. "Their consorts always go forth for the outside nourishment of life."
*su/nnomoi: a)delfoi\ h)\ gunai=kes. ai( su/nnomoi ta\ e)/cw bi/ou trofei=a porsu/nous' a)ei/.
Sophocles,
Oedipus at Colonus 340-1 (about gender roles in Egypt), with scholion.
[1] Adler follows the mss in printing 'brothers',
adelphoi, while noting that Aemilius Portus (edition of 1630) preferred 'sisters',
adelphai, as in the scholion.
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