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ὦ τέκνον, ὦ παῖ, κἀξ ἀγεννήτων ἄρα
μῦθοι καλῶς πίπτουσιν· ἥδε γὰρ γυνὴ
δούλη μέν, εἴρηκεν δ’ ἐλεύθερον λόγον.

My child, my baby, low-born people too can be right.
I mean, this woman is a slave, yes, but the suggestion she has made is a free one.