ἵδ̓. The MSS. have ἴδε ἴδ̓. The hiatus would be justified by the slight pause after “ἴδε”: cp. Ph.832“ἴθι ἴθι μοι παιών” (n.). But most edd. agree with Dindorf in omitting “ἴδε”: and they are probably right, since it disturbs the otherwise regular metre of vv. 221—224.
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Sophocles: The Plays and Fragments, with critical notes, commentary, and translation in English prose. Part V: The Trachiniae. Sir Richard C. Jebb. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1902.
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