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. To-day I am to bury one who is dead.
Heracles
  1. Heaven avert calamity from thy children!
Admetus
  1. The children I have begotten are alive within my house.
Heracles
  1. Thy father maybe is gone; well, he was ripe to go.
Admetus
  1. No, Heracles, he lives; my mother too.