Euripides' ALCESTIS Complete

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

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Servant: We know all this. But now our fortunes be
Not such as ask for mirth or revelry.

Heracles: A woman dead, of no one's kin; why grieve
So much? Thy master and thy mistress live.

Servant: Live? Man, hast thou heard nothing of our woe?

Heracles: Yes, thy lord told me all I need to know.

Servant: He is too kind to his guests, more kind than wise.

Heracles: Must I go starved because some stranger dies?

Servant: Some stranger?--Yes, a stranger verily!

Heracles (his manner beginning to change): Is this some real grief he hath hid from me?

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