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ADMETUS
A stranger�察�but one related to this house。
HERACLES
But how�察�then�察�did she chance to die in your house��
ADMETUS
When her father died she was sheltered here。
HERACLES
Alas� �Would I had not found you in this grief�察�Admetus��
ADMETUS
What plan are you weaving with those words��
HERACLES
I shall go to the hearth of another friend。
ADMETUS
Not so�察�O King� �This wrong must not be。
HERACLES ��hesitating��
The coming of a guest is troublesome to those who mourn。
ADMETUS ��decisively��
The dead are dead。 Enter my house。
HERACLES
But it is shameful to feast among weeping friends。
ADMETUS
We shall put you in the guest´rooms�察�which are far apart。
HERACLES
Let me go�察�and I will give you a thousand thanks。
ADMETUS
No�察�you shall not go to another man's hearth。 ��To a servant�� Guide
him�察�and open for him the guest´rooms apart from the house。
��HERACLES enters the Palace by the guests' door�察�when he has gone
in�察�ADMETUS turns to the other servants�� Close the inner door of the
courtyard�察�it is unseemly that guests rejoicing at table should hear
lamentations�察�and be saddened。
��The attendants go into the Palace。��
LEADER
What are you about�拭�When such a calamity has fallen upon you��
Admetus�察�have you the heart to entertain a guest�拭�Are you mad��
ADMETUS
And if I had driven away a guest who came to my house and city��
would you have praised me more�拭�No�察�indeed� �My misfortune would have
been no less�察�and I inhospitable。 One more ill would have been added
to those I have if my house were called inhospitable。 I myself find
him the best of hosts when I enter the thirsty land of Argos。
LEADER
But why did you hide from him the fate that has befallen�察�if the
man came as a friend�察�as you say��
ADMETUS
Never would he have entered my house if he had guessed my
misfortune。
To some�察�I know�察�I shall appear senseless in doing this�察�and
they will blame me�察�but my roof knows not to reject or insult a guest。
��He goes into the Palace�察�as the CHORUS begins its song。��
CHORUS ��singing��
strophe 1
O house of a bountiful lord��
Ever open to many guests��
The God of Pytho��
Apollo of the beautiful lyre��
Deigned to dwell in you
And to live a shepherd in your lands��
On the slope of the hillsides
He played melodies of mating
On the Pipes of Pan to his herds。
antistrophe 1
And the dappled lynxes fed with them
In joy at your singing��
From the wooded vale of Orthrys
Came a yellow troop of lions��
To the sound of your lyre�察�O Phoebus��
Danced the dappled fawn
Moving on light feet
Beyond the high´crested pines��
Charmed by your sweet singing。
strophe 2
He dwells in a home most rich in flocks
By the lovely moving Boebian lake。
At the dark stabling´place of the Sun
He takes the sky of the Molossians
As a bourne to his ploughing of fields��
To the soils of his plains��
He bears sway
As far as the harbourless
Coast of the Aegean Sea��
As far as Pelion。
antistrophe 2
Even to´day he opened his house
And received a guest��
Though his eyelids were wet
With tears wept by the corpse
Of a dear bedfellow dead in the house。
For the noble spirit is proclaimed by honour��
All wisdom lies with the good。
I admire him��
And in my soul I know
The devout man shall have joy。
��The funeral procession of ALCESTIS enters from the door of the
women's quarters。 The body�察�carried on a bier by men servants�察�is
followed by ADMETUS and his two children。 Behind them comes a train of
attendants and servants carrying the funeral offerings。 All are in
mourning。 ADMETUS addresses the CHORUS。��
ADMETUS
O friendly presence of you men of Pherae� �Now that the body is
prepared�察�and the servants bear it on high to the tomb and the fire��
do you�察�as is fitting�察�salute the dead as she goes forth on her last
journey。
��PHERES�察�the father of ADMETUS�察�enters�察�followed
by attendants bearing funeral offerings。��
LEADER OF THE CHORUS
But I see your father�察�tottering with an old man's walk�察�and his
followers bearing in their hands for your wife garments as an offering
to the dead。
PHERES
My son�察�I have come to share your sorrow�察�for the wife you have
lost was indeed noble and virtuous´none can deny it。 But these
things must be endured�察�however intolerable they may be。
Take these garments�察�and let her descend under the earth。 Her body
must be honoured�察�for she died to save your life�察�my son�察�she has
not made me childless�察�nor left me to be destroyed without you in my
hapless old age�察�and she has given glorious fame to all women by
daring so noble a deed� 。�He lifts his hand in salutation to the body
of ALCESTIS。�� O woman�察�who saved my son�察�who raised me up when I had
fallen�察�hail� �Be happy in the halls of Hades� �I declare it´such
marriages are profitable to mankind�察�otherwise�察�it is foolish to
marry。
ADMETUS ��furiously��
It was not my wish that you should come to this burial�察�and I deny
that your presence is that of a friend� �She shall never wear these
garments of yours�察�she needs not your gifts for her burial。 You should
have grieved when I was�察�about to die�察�but you stood aside�察�and now do
you come to wail over a corpse when you�察�an old man�察�allowed a young
woman to die��
Were you in very truth father of this body of mine�拭�Did she�察�who
claims to be and is called my mother�察�bring me forth�拭�Or was I bred of
a slave's seed and secretly brought to your wife's breast�拭�You have
proved what you are when it comes to the test�察�and therefore I am
not your begotten son�察�or you surpass all men in cowardice�察�for�察�being
at the very verge and end of life�察�you had neither courage nor will to
die for your son。 But this you left to a woman�察�a stranger�察�whom alone
I hold as my father and my mother��
Yet it had been a beautiful deed in you to die for your son�察�and
short indeed was the time left you to live。 She and I would have lived
out our lives�察�and I should not now be here alone lamenting my misery。
You enjoyed all that a happy man can enjoy´you passed the flower
of your age as a king�察�and in me your son you had an heir to your
dominion�察�you would not have died childless�察�leaving an orphaned house
to be plundered by strangers。 You will not say that you abandoned me
to death because I dishonoured your old age�察�for above all I was
respectful to you´and this is the gratitude I have from you and my
mother��
Beget more sons�察�and quickly�察�to cherish your old age and wrap you
in a shroud when dead and lay your body out in state� �This hand of
mine shall not inter you。 I am dead to you。 I look upon the light of
day because another saved me´I say I am her son�察�and will cherish
her old age��
Vainly do old men pray for death�察�regretting their age and the
long span of life。 If death draws near�察�none wants to die�察�and age
is no more a burden to him。
LEADER
Admetus� �The present misfortune is enough。 Do not provoke your
father's spirit。
��ADMETUS turns angrily to depart�察�but PHERES prevents him。��
PHERES
My son�察�do you think you are pursuing some hireling Lydian or
Phrygian with your taunts�拭�Do you know I am a Thessalian�察�a free man
lawfully begotten by a Thessalian father�拭�You are over´insolent�察�and
you shall not leave thus�察�after wounding me with your boyish
insults。 I indeed begot you�察�and bred you up to be lord of this
land�察�but I am not bound to die for you。 It is not a law of our
ancestors or of Hellas that the fathers should die for the children��
You were born to live your own life�察�whether miserable or fortunate��
and what is due to you from me you have。 You rule over many men�察�and I
shall leave you many wide fields even as received them from my own
father。 How�察�then�察�have I wronged you�拭�Of what have I robbed you�拭�Do
not die for me�察�any more than I die for you。 You love to look upon the
light of day´do you think your father hates it�拭�I tell myself that
we are a long time underground and that life is short�察�but sweet。
But you´you strove shamelessly not to die�察�and you are alive��
you shirked your fate by killing her� �And you call me a coward�察�you��
the worst of cowards�察�surpassed by a woman who died for you�察�pretty
boy�拭�And now you insult those who should be dear to you�察�when they
refuse to die for a coward like you��
Be silent� �Learn that if you love your life�察�so do others。 If
you utter insults�察�you shall hear many�察�and true ones too��
LEADER
These insults and those that went before suffice。 Old man�察�cease
to revile your son。
ADMETUS ��to PHERES��
Speak on� �I shall refute you。 If the truth wounds you when you
hear it you should not have wronged me。
PHERES
I should have wronged you far more if I had died for you。
ADMETUS
It is the same then to die an old man and in the flower of life��
PHERES
We should live one life�察�not two。
ADMETUS
May you live longer than God��
PHERES
Do you curse your parents when they have done you no wrong��
ADMETUS
I see you are in love with long life。
PHERES
But you are not carrying her dead body in place of your own��
ADMETUS
It is the proof of your cowardice�察�O worst of men。
PHERES
You cannot say she died for me��
ADMETUS
Alas� �May you one day need my help。
PHERES
Woo many women�察�so that more may die for you。
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