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