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. Take me, O take me, I beseech, with thee ’neath the earth.
Alcestis
  1. Enough that I in thy stead am dying.
Admetus
  1. O Destiny! of what a wife art thou despoiling me!
Alcestis
  1. Lo! the darkness deepens on my drooping eyes.
Admetus
  1. Lost indeed am I, if thou, dear wife, wilt really leave me.