ὦ οὗτος. So the goddess Athena, calling Ajax to come forth from his tent; Ai. 71 “οὗτος, σὲ τὸν τὰς” etc.: 89 “ὦ οὗτος, Αἴας, δεύτερόν σε προσκαλῶ”, where “Αἴας” is voc. (ib. 482), as Οἰδίπους here (cp. 461). οὗτος (“"Ho there!"”), thus used, implies that the person addressed is not duly heeding the speaker; here it helps to express impatience. So, when Medea turns her face away from Jason's smooth words, he cries to her, “αὕτη, τί χλωροῖς δακρύοις τέγγεις κόρας”; etc. (Med. 922). There is nothing of roughness in the phrase, except in the particular combination “οὗτος σύ” (O. T. 532, 1121: Eur. Hec. 1280).
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Sophocles: The Plays and Fragments, with critical notes, commentary, and translation in English prose. Part II: The Oedipus Coloneus. Sir Richard C. Jebb. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1899.
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