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. wail for the best of women, as with sickness worn she passes ’neath the earth to Hades, lord below.
Chorus
  1. Never, never will I say that marriage brings more joy than grief, as I
  2. conjecture by the past and witness these misfortunes of our king, for he when widowed of this noble wife will for the future lead a life that is no life at all.
Alcestis
  1. O sun-god, lamp of day!
  2. O scudding clouds that dance along the sky!