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. The dead was a stranger woman; grieve not to excess; for the rulers of thy house are living.
Attendant
  1. How, living? Thou knowest not the trouble in the house.
Heracles
  1. I do, unless thy master did in aught deceive me.
Attendant
  1. Too hospitable is he.
Heracles
  1. Was I to miss good cheer because a stranger had died?