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. What mean’st thou? art so wise, and I never knew it?
Death
  1. Those who have wealth would buy the chance of their dying old.
Apollo
  1. It seems then thou wilt not grant me this favour.
Death
  1. Not I; my customs well thou knowest.
Apollo
  1. That I do, customs men detest and gods abhor.