So thou dost; may no jealous god rise against thee!AdmetusO noble son of almighty Zeus, good luck to thee! may the father that begat thee hold thee in his keeping; for thou and none else hast raised my fallen fortunes. How didst thou bring her from the world below to this light of day?HeraclesBy encountering the godReading δαιμόνων τῷ κυρίῳ. Nauck has κοιράνῳ—apparently regarding the Death-god as supreme over all deities, but surely this is incorrect. Jacobs, seeing the difficulty, conjectured νερτέρων. But the translation in the text seems a possible one, and makes the emendation unnecessary. who had her in his power.AdmetusWhere didst thou engage with Death? tell me this.HeraclesJust by the tomb I from my ambush sprang and caught him in my grip.