Note 76 — INTRODUCTION
Reading edition
Cf. Euripides’ Cyclops, vss. 79 f.:
δοῦλος ἀλαίνων σὺν τᾷδε τράγου χλαίνᾳ μελέᾳ.
Reisch thinks the goatskin characterized the chorus as shepherds; cf. op. cit., p. 458, note; Ridgeway considers it “the meanest form of apparel that could be worn by a slave”; cf. Origin of Tragedy, p. 87.