Euripides' ALCESTIS Complete

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

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Admetus: Heard'st thou not of yore
The doom that she must meet?

Heracles: I know thy wife
Has sworn to die for thee.

Admetus: And is it life,
To live with such an oath hung o'er her head?

Heracles (relieved): Ah,
Weep not too soon, friend. Wait till she be dead.

Admetus: He dies who is doomed to die; he is dead who dies.

Heracles: The two are different things in most men's eyes.

Admetus: Decide thy way, lord, and let me decide
The other way.

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