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. Still I cannot refuse these labours.
Chorus
  1. Then shalt thou slay them and return, or thyself be slain and stay there.
Heracles
  1. It will not be the first hard course that I have run.
Chorus
  1. And what will be thy gain, suppose thou master their lord?
Heracles
  1. The steeds will I drive away to the Tirynthian king.