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. such a hostage death hath reft me of and handed o’er to Hades.
Chorus
  1. Move forward, go within the shelter of thy house.
Admetus
  1. Woe is me!
Chorus
  1. Thy sufferings claim these cries of woe.
Admetus
  1. Ah me!