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. Do I behold my wife, her whom I buried?
Heracles
  1. Be well assured thereof; still I marvel not thou dost distrust thy luck.
Admetus
  1. May I touch her, may I speak to her as my living wife?
Heracles
  1. Speak to her. For thou hast all thy heart’s desire.
Admetus
  1. O form and features of my well-loved wife! past all hope I hold thee, never expecting to see thee again.