στρατὸς here=“λεὼς” ( Tr. 795 n.). δίφρων: the plur., as in 510: cp. 727 “ὄχοις”. In the narrower sense, “δίφρος” is the platform of the car, usu. made of interlaced thongs (“ἱμάντες”), stretched on a framework of wood or iron ( Il. 5. 727). ἀνωλόλυξε, here of grief, as “ὀλόλυξαν” in Ap. Rh. 3. 1218: elsewhere, almost always a triumphant cry, esp. of women ( Tr. 205). οἰ̔̂ … οἷα: Ai. 923“οἷος ὢν οἵως ἔχεις”.
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