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πρῶτον μὲν οὖν, ὦ ἄνδρες, (δεῖ γὰρ καὶ ταῦθ’ ὑμῖν διηγήσασθαι) οἰκίδιον ἔστι μοι διπλοῦν, ἴσα ἔχον τὰ ἄνω τοῖς κάτω κατὰ τὴν γυναικωνῖτιν καὶ κατὰ τὴν ἀνδρωνῖτιν.
First, gentlemen (for I must explain this too), I have a house on two stories, equal on the top and bottom floors, with the women's quarters upstairs and the men's quarters downstairs.
Lysias Speeches 1.9

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