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. Woo many wives, that there may be the more to die.
Admetus
  1. That is thy reproach, for thou didst refuse to die.
Pheres
  1. Dear is the light of the sun-god, dear to all.
Admetus
  1. A coward soul is thine, not to be reckoned among men.
Pheres
  1. No laughing now for thee at bearing forth my aged corpse.