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. It cannot be thy wife is dead, thy Alcestis?
Admetus
  1. I can a twofold tale tell about her.
Heracles
  1. Dost mean that she is dead, or living still?
Admetus
  1. She lives, yet lives no more; that is my grief.
Heracles
  1. I am no wiser yet; thy words are riddles to me.