Alas, I am undone; my eyes can no longer hold their tears.Old manIf the lossReading with Wecklein εἴπερ ἄλλ᾽ εἰκὸς. Paley retains the old reading εἴπερ ἀλγεινὸν. Hartung gives οὐ γὰρ ἄλογόν ἐστι. Kirchhoff οὐ γὰρ ἀλλ᾽ εἰκὸς. of children is painful, shed your tears.ClytemnestraFrom where, old man, do you say you had this news?Old manI had started to carry you a letter referring to the former writing.ClytemnestraForbidding or combining to urge my bringing the child to her death?