τοιαῦτα δ̓: “δέ” introduces an objection, as in O. T.379(n.). οἴκοι, fig.: cp. Eur. Tro.647“τὸν δὲ νοῦν διδάσκαλον” | “οἴκοθεν ἔχουσα χρηστόν”. So Lat. domi (Plaut. Miles 194, with Tyrrell's note). In Her.7. 152“τὰ οἰκήια κακά” (‘the troubles that they have at home’) is similarly figurative.
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