Note 40 — THE WORKS AND DAYS.
George Chapman translation
Th’ unbroken vase.] αρρηκτοισι δομοισι. Seleucus, an ancient critic, quoted by Proclus, proposed πιυοισι: as if the casket in which Hope dwelt, might not literally be called her house. Heinsius supposes an allusion to the chamber of a virgin. After this, who would expect that δομοισι means nothing more than a chest?
Ελουσα κεδρινῳν δομῶν Εσθῆτα, κοσμον τ’. Euripides. Alcestis. 158. taking from her cedar coffers Vestures and jewels.