ἦ δεινὸν: cp. Ant. 323“ἦ δεινόν, ᾦ δοκεῖ γε, καὶ ψευδῆ δοκεῖν.” εὖ λέγουσαν, because the sentiment expressed by Chrysothemis is sound in itself: ἐξαμαρτάνειν, because Chrysothemis assumes that true wisdom is now upon her own side, and not upon Electra's. [Not: ‘It is sad that I should speak aright and yet miss my aim,’—produce no result.]
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Sophocles: The Plays and Fragments, with critical notes, commentary, and translation in English prose. Part VI: The Electra. Sir Richard C. Jebb. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1894.
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