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. Great gods, what shall I say? a marvel past all hope is here! My wife, my own true wife I see,
  2. or is some mocking rapture sent by heaven to drive me mad?
Heracles
  1. No, no; ’tis thy own wife thou seest here.
Admetus
  1. Beware it be not a phantom from that nether world.
Heracles
  1. No necromancer was this guest whom thou didst welcome.