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. Thy death will surely be a death of shame, come when it will.
Pheres
  1. Once dead I little reck of foul report.
Admetus
  1. Alas! how void of shame the old can be!
Pheres
  1. Hers was no want of shame; ’twas want of sense in her that thou didst find.
Admetus
  1. Begone! and leave me to bury my dead.