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lay my side against your side�察�for even in death let me not be

separate from you�察�you who alone were faithful to me��

  LEADER ��to ADMETUS��

    And I also will keep this sad mourning with you�察�as a friend

with a friend�察�for she is worthy of it。

  ALCESTIS

    O my children�察�you have heard your father say that never will he

set another wife over you and never thus insult me。

  ADMETUS

    Again I say it�察�and will perform it too��

  ALCESTIS ��placing the children's hands in his��

    Then take these children from my hand。

  ADMETUS

    I take them´dear gifts from a dear hand。

  ALCESTIS

    Now you must be the mother for me to my children。

  ADMETUS

    It must be so�察�since they are robbed of you。

  ALCESTIS

    O children�察�I should have lived my life out´and I go to the

Underworld。

  ADMETUS

    Alas� �What shall I do�察�left alone by you��

  ALCESTIS

    Time will console you。 The dead are nothing。

  ADMETUS

    Take me with you�察�by the Gods� �Take me to the Underworld��

  ALCESTIS

    It is enough that I should die´for you。

  ADMETUS

    O Fate�察�what a wife you steal from me��

  ALCESTIS ��growing faint��

    My dimmed eyes are heavily oppressed。

  ADMETUS

    O woman�察�I am lost if you leave me��

  ALCESTIS

    You may say of me that I am nothing。

  ADMETUS

    Lift up your head� �Do not abandon your children��

  ALCESTIS

    Ah� �Indeed it is unwillingly´but�察�farewell�察�my children��

  ADMETUS

    Look at them�察�look。。。。

  ALCESTIS

    I am nothing。

  ADMETUS

    What are you doing�拭�Are you leaving me��

  ALCESTIS ��falling back dead��

    Farewell。

  ADMETUS ��staring at the body��

    Wretch that I am�察�I am lost��

  LEADER

    She is gone� �The wife of Admetus is no more。

  EUMELUS ��chanting��

    Ah� �Misery��

    Mother has gone��

    Gone to the Underworld��

    She lives no more��

    O my Father��

    In the sunlight。

    O sad one��

    You have left us

    To live motherless��



    See�察�Oh�察�see her eyelids

    And her drooping hands��

    Mother�察�Mother��

    Hearken to me�察�listen��

    I beseech you��

    I´I´Mother� �

    I am calling to you��

    Your little bird fallen upon your face��

  ADMETUS

    She hears not�察�she sees not。 You and I are smitten by a dread

calamity。

  EUMELUS ��chanting��

    Father�察�I am a child��

    And I am left

    Like a lonely ship

    By the mother I loved。

    Oh� �The cruel things I suffer��

    And you�察�little sister��

    Suffer with me。



    O my Father��

    Vain�察�vain was your wedding��

    You did not walk with her

    To the end of old age。

    She died first��

    And your death�察�O Mother��

    Destroys our house。

  LEADER

    Admetus�察�you must endure this calamity。 You are not the first

and will not be the last to lose a noble wife。 We all are doomed to

die。

  ADMETUS

    I know it。

    Not unawares did this woe swoop down on me�察�for long it has gnawed

at me。

    But�察�since I shall ordain the funeral rites for this dead body��

you must be there�察�and meanwhile let a threnody re´echo to the

implacable God of the Underworld。 And all you men of Thessaly whom I

rule´I order you to share the mourning for this woman with severed

hair and black´robed garb。 You who yoke the four´horsed chariot and

the swift single horses�察�cut the mane from their necks with your

steel。

    Let there be no noise of flutes or lyre within the city until

twelve moons are fulfilled。 Never shall I bury another body so dear to

me�察�never one that has loved me better。 From me she deserves all

honour�察�since she alone would die for me��



    ��The body of ALCESTIS is carried solemnly into the Palace��

followed by ADMETUS�察�With bowed head�察�holding one of his children by

each hand。 When all have entered�察�the great doors are quietly shut。��



  CHORUS ��singing��



                                                            strophe 1



    O Daughter of Pelias��

    Hail to you in the house of Hades��

    In the sunless home where you shall dwell��

    Let Hades�察�the dark´haired God��

    Let the old man�察�Leader of the Dead��

    Who sits at the oar and helm��

    Know you��

    Far�察�far off is the best of women

    Borne beyond the flood of Acheron

    In the two´oared boat��



                                                        antistrophe 1



    Often shall the Muses' servants

    Sing of you to the seven´toned

    Lyre´shell of the mountain´tortoise��

    And praise you with mourning songs at Sparta

    When the circling season

    Brings back the month Carneius

    Under the nightlong upraised moon��

    And in bright glad Athens。

    Such a theme do you leave by your death

    For the music of singers��



                                                            strophe 2



    Ah� �That I had the power

    To bring you back to the light

    From the dark halls of Hades��

    And from the waves of Cocytus

    With the oar of the river of hell

    Oh�察�you only��

    O dearest of women��

    You only dared give your life

    For the life of your lord in Hades��

    Light rest the earth above you��

    O woman。

    If your lord choose another bridal´bed

    He shall be hateful to me

    As to your own children。



                                                        antistrophe 2



    When his mother

    And the old father that begot him

    Would not give their bodies to the earth

    For their son's sake��

    They dared not deliver him´O cruel��

    Though their heads were grey。

    But you��

    In your lively youth��

    Died for him�察�and are gone from the light��

    Ah� �might I be joined

    With a wife so dear��

    But in life such fortune is rare。

    How happy were my days with her��



    ��From the left HERACLES enters。 He is black´bearded and

      of great physical strength�察�he wears a lion´skin over

             his shoulders and carries a large club。��



  HERACLES ��with a gesture of salutation��

    Friends�察�dwellers in the lands of Pherae�察�do I find Admetus in his

home��

  LEADER OF THE CHORUS

    The son of Pheres is in his home�察�O Heracles。 But�察�tell us�察�what

brings you to the land of Thessaly and to the city of Pherae��

  HERACLES

    I have a task I must achieve for Eurystheus of Tiryns。

  LEADER

    Where do you go�拭�To what quest are you yoked��

  HERACLES

    The quest of the four´horsed chariot of Diomedes�察�the Thracian。

  LEADER

    But how will you achieve it�拭�Do you know this stranger��

  HERACLES

    No�察�I have never been to the land of the Bistones。

  LEADER

    You cannot obtain the horses without a struggle。

  HERACLES

    I cannot renounce my labours。

  LEADER

    You must kill to return�察�or you will remain there dead。

  HERACLES

    It will not be the first contest I have risked。

  LEADER

    And if you conquer the King will you gain anything��

  HERACLES

    I shall bring back his foals to the lord of Tiryns。

  LEADER

    It is not easy to thrust the bit into their jaws。

  HERACLES

    Only if they breathe fire from their nostrils��

  LEADER

    But they tear men with their swift jaws。

  HERACLES

    You speak of the food of wild mountain beasts�察�not of horses。

  LEADER

    You may see their mangers foul with blood。

  HERACLES

    Of what father does the breeder boast himself the son��

  LEADER

    Of Ares�察�the lord of the gold´rich shield of Thrace��

  HERACLES

    In this task once more you remind me of my fate�察�which is ever

upon harsh steep ways�察�since I must join battle with the sons of

Ares´first with Lycaon�察�then with Cycnus�察�and now in this third

contest I am come to match myself with these steeds and their master��

  LEADER

    But see�察�the lord of this land�察�Admetus himself�察�comes from the

house��



    ��The central doors of the Palace have opened�察�and ADMETUS comes

slowly on the Stage�察�preceded and followed by guards and attendants。

The King has put off all symbols of royalty�察�and is dressed in

black。 His tong hair is clipped close to his head。 ADMETUS

dissembles his grief throughout this scene�察�in obedience to the laws

of hospitality�察�which were particularly reverenced in Thessaly。��



  ADMETUS

    Hail Son of Zeus and of the blood of Perseus��

  HERACLES

    And hail to you�察�Admetus�察�lord of the Thessalians

  ADMETUS

    May it be so� �I know your friendship well。

  HERACLES

    What means this shorn hair�察�this mourning robe��

  ADMETUS

    To´day I must bury a dead body。

  HERACLES

    May a God avert harm from your children��

  ADMETUS

    The children I have begotten are alive in the house。

  HERACLES

    Your father was ripe for death´if it is he has gone��

  ADMETUS

    He lives´and she who brought me forth�察�O Heracles。

  HERACLES

    Your wife´Alcestis´she is not dead��

  ADMETUS ��evasively��

    Of her I might make a double answer。

  HERACLES

    Do you mean that she is dead or alive��

  ADMETUS ��ambiguously��

    She is and is not´and for this I grieve。

  HERACLES ��perplexed��

    I am no wiser´you speak obscurely。

  ADMETUS

    Did you not know the fate which must befall her��

  HERACLES

    I know she submitted to die for you。

  ADMETUS

    How then can she be alive�察�having consented to this��

  HERACLES

    Ah� �Do not weep for your wife till that time comes。

  ADMETUS

    Those who are about to die are dead�察�and the dead are nothing。

  HERACLES

    Men hold that to be and not to be are different things。

  ADMETUS

    You hold for one�察�Heracles�察�and I for the other。

  HERACLES

    Whom�察�then�察�do you mourn�拭�Which of your friends is dead��

  ADMETUS

    A woman。 We spoke of her just now。

  HERACLES ��mistaking his meaning��

    A stranger�拭�Or one born of your kin��

  ADMETUS

    A stranger�察�but one related to this house。

  HERACLES
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