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. He sees us both with anguish bowed, albeit guiltless of any crime against the gods, for the which thy death is due.
Alcestis
  1. O earth, O sheltering roof, and ye my maiden chambers in my native land Iolcos!
Admetus
  1. Lift thyself, unhappy wife, forsake me not; entreat the mighty gods to pity us.
Alcestis
  1. I see the two-oared skiff, I see it; and Charon, death’s ferryman, his hand upon the boatman’s pole,
  2. is calling me e’en now, Why lingerest thou? Hasten. Thou art keeping me. Thus in his eager haste he hurries me.