χρῇς. For “χρῇ, χρῇς”, see on Ant. 887“εἴτε χρῇ θανεῖν ι εἴτ᾽ ἐν τοιαύτῃ ζῶσα τυμβεύειν στέγῃ” (where “ζῶσα” excludes “χρή”). Here, as in El. 606“κήρυσσέ μ᾽ εἰς ἅπαντας, εἴτε χρῇς κακήν, χρή” is not impossible, but is so much less suitable than “χρῇς” that the latter may be considered certain.
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Sophocles: The Plays and Fragments, with critical notes, commentary, and translation in English prose. Part VII: The Ajax. Sir Richard C. Jebb. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1907.
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