Euripides, Alcestis, Edward P. Coleridge (Translator), 903

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Chorus

I had a kinsman once, within whose home died

his only son, worthy of a father’s tears; yet in spite of that he bore his grief resignedly, childless though he was, his hair already turning grey, himself far on in years, upon
905

life’s downward track.
910

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.) — 903 focus

Χορός

ἐμοί τις ἦν

ἐν γένει, ᾧ κόρος ἀξιόθρηνος

ὤλετ’ ἐν δόμοισιν
905

μονόπαις· ἀλλ’ ἔμπας

ἔφερε κακὸν ἅλις, ἄτεκνος ὤν,

πολιὰς ἐπὶ χαίτας

ἤδη προπετὴς ὢν

βιότου τε πόρσω.
910

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.) — 903 focus

Mir war ein Mann nahverwandt,
890

Welchem der einzige, thränenwerthe Sohn dahinstarb

Im Palast; doch truger

Muthvoll das Leid, zwar kinderlos,

Und zu grauendem Haupthaar

Sich bereits hinneigend,
895

Und vom Leben abwärts.

Euripides Alcestis 903

Edward P. Coleridge (Translator)

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Chorus

I had a kinsman once, within whose home died

his only son, worthy of a father’s tears; yet in spite of that he bore his grief resignedly, childless though he was, his hair already turning grey, himself far on in years, upon
905

life’s downward track.
910

Current edition Perseus

Mir war ein Mann nahverwandt,
890

Welchem der einzige, thränenwerthe Sohn dahinstarb

Im Palast; doch truger

Muthvoll das Leid, zwar kinderlos,

Und zu grauendem Haupthaar

Sich bereits hinneigend,
895

Und vom Leben abwärts.

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Chorus I had a kinsman once, within whose home died his only son, worthy of a father’s tears; yet in spite of that he bore his grief resignedly, childless though he was, his hair already turning grey, himself far on in years, upon 905 life’s downward track. 910

Current edition Perseus

Mir war ein Mann nahverwandt, 890 Welchem der einzige, thränenwerthe Sohn dahinstarb Im Palast; doch truger Muthvoll das Leid, zwar kinderlos, Und zu grauendem Haupthaar Sich bereits hinneigend, 895 Und vom Leben abwärts.

Admetos.

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Chorus

I had a kinsman once, within whose home died

his only son, worthy of a father’s tears; yet in spite of that he bore his grief resignedly, childless though he was, his hair already turning grey, himself far on in years, upon
905

life’s downward track.
910

Mir war ein Mann nahverwandt,
890

Welchem der einzige, thränenwerthe Sohn dahinstarb

Im Palast; doch truger

Muthvoll das Leid, zwar kinderlos,

Und zu grauendem Haupthaar

Sich bereits hinneigend,
895

Und vom Leben abwärts.