υντρός φανῶ τρίδουλος, ἐκφανεῖ κακή.
Thus——“Were I descended from a race of slaves, ’twould not dishonour thee.”
1123.——ἦ δοῦλος, οὐκ ὠνητός, ἀλλ’ οἴκοι τραφείς.
Thus——“Although I am a slave, yet I was not purchased, but born and reared up in his house.”
1168.——ἦν δοῦλος, ἤ κείνου τις ἐγγενὴς γεγώς;
Thus—“Was he the son of a slave; if not, of whom?”
Oedipus Coloneus, line 917—
καὶ μοι πόλιν κένανδρον ἤ δούλην τινὰ
ἔδοξας εἶναι.
Francklin thus—“Or didst thou think I valued a desert land, or that my people were a race of slaves?”