[930] παντελής because the wife's estate is crowned and perfected by the birth of children (928). The choice of the word has been influenced by the associations of τέλος, τέλειος with marriage. Aesch. Eum. 835 “θύη πρὸ παίδων καὶ γαμηλίου τέλους” (the marriage rite): Aesch. Eum. 214 “Ἥρας τελείας καὶ Διὸς πιστώματα”: schol. on Aristoph. Thes. 973 “ἐτιμῶντο ἐν τοῖς γάμοις ὡς πρυτάνεις ὄντες τῶν γάμων: τέλος δὲ ὁ γάμος”: Pind. N. 10.18 “τελεία μήτηρ” = Ἥρα, who (Aristoph. Thes. 976) κλῇδας γάμου φυλάττει. In Aesch. Ag. 972 “ἀνὴρ τέλειος” = οἰκοδεσπότης: as δόμος ἡμιτελὴς (Hom. Il. 2.700) refers to a house left without its lord: cp. Luc. Dial. Mort. 19 “ἡμιτελῆ μὲν τὸν δόμον καταλιπών, χήραν δὲ τὴν νεόγαμον γυναῖκα.”
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