ἰώ μοί μοι δύστηνος. Dindorf deletes “δύστηνος”, because “ἰώ μοι μοί” is a frequent prelude to the entrance of an actor who laments (e.g. Ai. 333, Ai. 893, Ai. 974). But why should we assume that this formula was invariable? An adj. is often added to such interjections; Ant. 850“ἰὼ δύστανος”: O. C. 876“ἰὼ τάλας”: O. T. 1307“αἰαῖ, φεῦ φεῦ, δύστανος”.
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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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