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. And whither art thou journeying? on what wandering art thou forced to go?
Heracles
  1. To fetch the chariot-steeds of Thracian Diomedes.
Chorus
  1. How canst thou? art a stranger to the ways of thy host?
Heracles
  1. I am; for never yet have I gone to the land of the Bistones.
Chorus
  1. Thou canst not master his horses without fighting.