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. Men count to be and not to be something apart.
Admetus
  1. Thy verdict this, O Heracles, mine another.
Heracles
  1. Why weepest then? which of thy dear ones is the dead?
Admetus
  1. ’Tis a woman; I spoke of a woman just now.
Heracles
  1. A stranger, or one of thine own kin?