Euripides Alcestis 122

Edward P. Coleridge (Translator)

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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.) — 122 focus
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.) — 122 focus
Wenn Einer nur lebend noch
Weilt' im Sonnenlichte,
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Phobos' Sohn: sie entronn' aus den Gefilden der Nacht,
Von den Pforten des Hades;
Denn die Todten erweckt' er,
Bevor die Wetterflamme, des Zeus Glutpfeil,
Ihn niederschmetternd traf.
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Doch wo soll ich nun schöpfen des Lebens Hoffnung?

Notes on the current edition

Alcestis

1. Asclepius, who had been slain by Zeus, for raising the dead to life.