Euripides Alcestis 895

Edward P. Coleridge (Translator)

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

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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.) — 895 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.) — 895 focus
dauernder Schmerz und Gram um die Freund'
In der Erd' Abgrund! - Was wehrtest du mir,
Mich zu stürzen in's Grab, in die gåhnende Kluft,
Um dort bei ihr, der vortrefflichsten Frau,
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Im Tode zu ruhn?
Zwei Leben für eins hått' Aïdes dann,
Die getreusten, zumal, die beide vereint
Wohl über den Acheron schifften.
Strophe 2.