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[58] θνητός, a mere mortal. But the emphasis is on the last part of the line. γυναῖκα . . μαζόν, the familiar ‘wholeand-part’ figure. The scholiasts make needless trouble, regarding “γυναῖκα” as an adjectival use of the subst., as in the Attic idioms “Ἕλληνα στρατόν, παρθένος χείρ, νεανίας βίος”, etc.

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