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. But why thus speechless stands my wife?
Heracles
  1. ’Tis not lawful yet for thee to hear her speak,
  2. ere she be purified from the gods below and the third day be come. So lead her in; and hereafter, e’en as now, be just and kind to guests, Admetus. Now farewell! for I must go to perform my appointed task
  3. for the lordly son of Sthenelus.
Admetus
  1. Abide with us and be our welcome guest.