Alcestis

Euripides

Euripides. The Plays of Euripides, Translated into English Prose from the Text of Paley. Vol. I. Coleridge, Edward P., translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1906.

  1. The day appointed for the journey to the world below.
Second Semichorus
  1. Thou hast touched me to the heart, e’en to the soul.
Chorus
  1. Whoso from his youth up has been accounted virtuous,
  2. needs must weep to see the good suddenly cut off.
Chorus
  1. ’Tis done; no single spot in all the world remains whither one might steer a course, either to Lycia[*](To a shrine of Apollo.)