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. for this is but her due.
Alcestis
  1. My children, ye with your own ears have heard your father’s promise, that he will never wed another wife to set her over you, nor e’er dishonour me.
Admetus
  1. Yea, so I promise now, and accomplish it I will.
Alcestis
  1. On these conditions receive the children from my hand.
Admetus
  1. I receive them, dear pledges by a dear hapd given.