This brief note defends the manuscript reading delta eta lambda alpha against delta epsilon iota nu alpha conjectured by J. Diggle in Eur. Alcestis 218. Deeming the transmitted delta eta lambda alpha "inconsequential", he confidently prints the rather ubiquitous delta epsilon iota nu alpha in its place. Although the corruption proposed by Diggle is palaeographically easy, it does not contribute to the better sense of the whole passage.