ἒ ἔ, or repeated
ἒ ἒ ἒ ἔ, an exclamation of pain or grief;
A). woe! woe!
A. Ag. 1114 , etc.; always doubled either once or twice and better written
ἐέ (as in cod. Med. of
A. and
S.), or (where the metre requires an iambus)
ἐή S. OC 149 ; but
ἠέ cod. Med. in
A. Th. 966 .