λέξῃς δὲ μηδὲν τῶν ἐμοὶ δεδογμένων,
εἴπερ φρονεῖς εὖ δεσπόταις γυνή τ’ ἔφυς.
(Med. 822.)
Similar in spirit is a line from the Alope (Fr. 108):
γυνὴ γυναικὶ σύμμαχος πέφυκέ πως,
or l. 329 of the Helen:
γυναῖκα γὰρ δὴ συμπονεῖν γυναικὶ χρή.
In this same play, too, Menelaus decides that his wife is the proper person to go and ask help of Theonoe:
σὸν ἔργον, ὡς γυναικὶ πρόσφορον γυνή.