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. Maybe there are who think me but a fool for acting thus, and these will blame me; but my halls have never learnt to drive away or treat with scorn my guests.
Chorus
  1. O home of hospitality, thrown open by thy lord to all now and ever!
  2. In thee it was that Pythian Apollo, the sweet harper, deigned to make his home, and in thy halls was content to lead a shepherd’s life,
  3. piping o’er the sloping downs shepherd’s madrigals to thy flocks.
Chorus
  1. And spotted lynxes couched amid his sheep in joy to hear his melody,