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. ’Tis easier to advise than to suffer and endure.
Heracles
  1. Yet what thy gain, if thou for aye wilt mourn?
Admetus
  1. I too know that myself, but some strange yearning leads me on.
Heracles
  1. Love for the dead compels a tear.
Admetus
  1. Her death was mine, more than any words of mine can tell.