Euripides' ALCESTIS Complete

Translated by Gilbert Murray. - Cf. An Introduction to Euripides' Alcestis by Murray

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Leader: But how...? Thou know'st not? Is he strange to thee?

Heracles: Quite strange. I ne'er set foot in Bistony.

Leader: Not without battle shalt thou win those steeds.

Heracles: So be it! I cannot fail my master's needs.

Leader: 'Tis slay or die, win or return no more.

Heracles: Well, I have looked on peril's face before.

Leader: What profit hast thou in such manslaying?

Heracles: I shall bring back the horses to my King.

Leader: 'Twere none such easy work to bridle them.

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