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.
- See where Admetus, lord of this land, comes in person from the palace forth.
- Hail! son of Zeus, from Perseus sprung.
- Joy to thee also, Admetus, king of Thessaly.
- Would there were! yet thy kindly heart I know full well.
- Why dost thou appear with head shorn thus in mourning?