GetPassage urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg002.perseus-eng2:538-542 urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg002.perseus-eng2:538-542

I will seek some other friendly hearth.AdmetusNever, O prince! Heaven forefend such dire disgrace!HeraclesA guest is a burden to sorrowing friends, if come he should.AdmetusThe dead are dead. Come in.HeraclesTo feast in a friend’s house of sorrow is shameful.