[255] Hekabe answers her own question. Some have taken this and the next line interrogatively, but ἦ μάλα is never used in this way; it always expresses a strong asseveration. δυσώνυμοι: cf. Od. 19.260 Penelope's “κακοΐλιον οὐκ ὀνομαστήν”, and 12.116 “μοῖρα δυσώνυμος”.
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