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Title: δύ' οἰκτρὼ φῶτε → two unhappy persons, unhappy couple
Post by: spiros on 05 Mar, 2019, 13:20:59

δύ' οἰκτρὼ φῶτε → two unhappy persons (Euripides, Helen 1094)

LSJ has "of a man and his wife".
https://lsj.gr/wiki/%CF%86%CF%8E%CF%82

Title: δύ' οἰκτρὼ φῶτε → two unhappy persons
Post by: billberg23 on 05 Mar, 2019, 15:30:39

Unhappy couple, indeed:  Helen and Menelaus.  What a weird play, what a weird author!  Great stuff on stage, I imagine.