Euripides, Alcestis, Edward P. Coleridge (Translator), 105

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First Semichorus

And yet this is the appointed day.
105

Second Semichorus

What meanest thou by this?

First Semichorus

The day appointed for the journey to the world below.

Second Semichorus

Thou hast touched me to the heart, e’en to the soul.

Chorus

Whoso from his youth up has been accounted virtuous,

needs must weep to see the good suddenly cut off.
110

Alcestis. Euripides. Edward P. Coleridge (Translator). London. 1906.

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Current edition Perseus

Alcestis (English) (Euripides. The Plays of Euripides, Vol. I. Coleridge, Edward P., translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1906.)

Editions (1)

Ἄλκηστις Perseus (Euripides. Euripidis Fabulae, Vol. I. Murray, Gilbert, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 105 focus

Χορός

—καὶ μὴν τόδε κύριον ἦμαρ . . .
105

—τί τόδ’ αὐδᾷς;

—ᾧ χρή σφε μολεῖν κατὰ γαίας.

—ἔθιγες ψυχᾶς, ἔθιγες δὲ φρενῶν.

—χρὴ τῶν ἀγαθῶν διακναιομένων

πενθεῖν ὅστις
110

χρηστὸς ἀπ’ ἀρχῆς νενόμισται.

Translations (2)

Alcestis (OCR draft) Experimental (Alcestis. Robert Potter's English verse translation, first published in 1781–1783; text from the 1808 Oxford printing.)

No corresponding passage available

German (J. J. C. Donner, 1841; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (Euripides. Deutsch in den Versmaßen der Urschrift. Volume 1, Heidelberg: C. F. Winter, 1841. Harvard OCR compared with an independent BSB copy. Native Donner verse citations, Murray reference cards, explicitly located notes and page facsimiles. Unresolved OCR, verse divisions, unlocated notes and printed errata are documented in the source review.) — 105 focus

Euripides Alcestis 105

Edward P. Coleridge (Translator)

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First Semichorus

And yet this is the appointed day.
105

Second Semichorus

What meanest thou by this?

First Semichorus

The day appointed for the journey to the world below.

Second Semichorus

Thou hast touched me to the heart, e’en to the soul.

Chorus

Whoso from his youth up has been accounted virtuous,

needs must weep to see the good suddenly cut off.
110

Current edition Perseus

Und heut ist doch der entscheidende Tag

Zweiter Halbchor.

Was sagst du mir da?
105

Wo Sie zu den Todten hinab muß.

Erster Halbchor.

Du erschutterst das Herz, du erschutterst den Geist.

Zweiter Halbchor.

Bricht Ungluck über die Guten herein,

Muß trauern ein Mann,

Der brav sich erwiesen von Anfang.
110
Strophe 2.

Chor.

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First Semichorus And yet this is the appointed day. 105

Second Semichorus What meanest thou by this?

First Semichorus The day appointed for the journey to the world below.

Second Semichorus Thou hast touched me to the heart, e’en to the soul.

Chorus Whoso from his youth up has been accounted virtuous, needs must weep to see the good suddenly cut off. 110

Current edition Perseus

Und heut ist doch der entscheidende Tag

Zweiter Halbchor. Was sagst du mir da? 105 Wo Sie zu den Todten hinab muß.

Erster Halbchor. Du erschutterst das Herz, du erschutterst den Geist.

Zweiter Halbchor. Bricht Ungluck über die Guten herein, Muß trauern ein Mann, Der brav sich erwiesen von Anfang. 110 Strophe 2.

Chor.

Stable identifiers

First Semichorus

And yet this is the appointed day.
105

Second Semichorus

What meanest thou by this?

First Semichorus

The day appointed for the journey to the world below.

Second Semichorus

Thou hast touched me to the heart, e’en to the soul.

Chorus

Whoso from his youth up has been accounted virtuous,

needs must weep to see the good suddenly cut off.
110

Zweiter Halbchor.

Was sagst du mir da?
105

Wo Sie zu den Todten hinab muß.

Erster Halbchor.

Du erschutterst das Herz, du erschutterst den Geist.

Zweiter Halbchor.

Bricht Ungluck über die Guten herein,

Muß trauern ein Mann,

Der brav sich erwiesen von Anfang.
110
Strophe 2.