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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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