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 is not possible; I too, methinks, find a pleasure in my rights.
Apollo
  1. Thou canst not anyhow take more than one life.
Death
  1. When young lives die I reap a higher honour.
Apollo
  1. Should she die old, a sumptuous funeral will she have.
Death
  1. Phoebus, the law thou layest down is all in favour of the rich.