Euripides, Alcestis, ed. Gilbert Murray, 93

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Χορός

—οὔ τἂν φθιμένης γ’ ἐσιώπων.

—νέκυς ἤδη.

—οὐ δὴ φροῦδός γ’ ἐξ οἴκων.

—πόθεν; οὐκ αὐχῶ. τί σε θαρσύνει;
95

—πῶς ἂν ἔρημον τάφον Ἄδμητος

κεδνῆς ἂν ἔπραξε γυναικός;

Alcestis. Euripides. ed. Gilbert Murray. Oxford. 1902.

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Ἄλκηστις (Greek) (Euripides. Euripidis Fabulae, Vol. I. Murray, Gilbert, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.)

Translations (3)

Alcestis Perseus (Euripides. The Plays of Euripides, Vol. I. Coleridge, Edward P., translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1906.) — 93 focus

Second Semichorus

Surely, were she dead, they would not be so still.

First Semichorus

Maybe her corpse is not yet from the house borne forth.

Second Semichorus

Whence that inference? I am not so sanguine. What gives thee confidence?
95

First Semichorus

How could Admetus let his noble wife go unattended to the grave?

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.) — 93 focus

Euripides Alcestis 93

ed. Gilbert Murray

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Second Semichorus

Surely, were she dead, they would not be so still.

First Semichorus

Maybe her corpse is not yet from the house borne forth.

Second Semichorus

Whence that inference? I am not so sanguine. What gives thee confidence?
95

First Semichorus

How could Admetus let his noble wife go unattended to the grave?

Nicht schwiegen sie also, wäre sie todt;

Noch trug man nicht vom Palaste sie fort.

Zweiter Halbchor.

Ich juble noch nicht; was macht dir Muth?

Erster Halbchor.

Wie mochte doch wohl sein würdiges Weib
95

Admetos so einsam bestatten?

Gegenstrophe 1.

Stable identifiers

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Second Semichorus Surely, were she dead, they would not be so still.

First Semichorus Maybe her corpse is not yet from the house borne forth.

Second Semichorus Whence that inference? I am not so sanguine. What gives thee confidence? 95

First Semichorus How could Admetus let his noble wife go unattended to the grave?

Nicht schwiegen sie also, wäre sie todt; Noch trug man nicht vom Palaste sie fort.

Zweiter Halbchor. Ich juble noch nicht; was macht dir Muth?

Erster Halbchor. Wie mochte doch wohl sein würdiges Weib 95 Admetos so einsam bestatten? Gegenstrophe 1.

Stable identifiers

Second Semichorus

Surely, were she dead, they would not be so still.

First Semichorus

Maybe her corpse is not yet from the house borne forth.

Second Semichorus

Whence that inference? I am not so sanguine. What gives thee confidence?
95

First Semichorus

How could Admetus let his noble wife go unattended to the grave?

Nicht schwiegen sie also, wäre sie todt;

Noch trug man nicht vom Palaste sie fort.

Zweiter Halbchor.

Ich juble noch nicht; was macht dir Muth?

Erster Halbchor.

Wie mochte doch wohl sein würdiges Weib
95

Admetos so einsam bestatten?

Gegenstrophe 1.