[82] εἰκάσαι μέν, ἡδύς （sc. βαίνει）. Cp. Soph. El. 410 “ἐκ δείματός του νυκτέρου, δοκεῖν ἐμοί.” Soph. OC 151 “δυσαίων ι μακραίων τ᾽, ἐπεικάσαι.” ἡδύς, not “joyous,” but “pleasant to us,” “bringing good news”: as 510 ἡδύπολις, pleasant to the city: Soph. El. 929 “ἡδὺς αὐδὲ μητρὶ δυσχερής,” a guest welcome, not grievous, to her. In Soph. Trach. 869 where ἀηδὴς καὶ συνωφρυωμένη is said of one who approaches with bad news, ἀνηδής is not “unwelcome,” but rather “sullen,” “gloomy.”
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