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Alcestis
Ἄδμηθ᾽, ὁρᾷς γὰρ τἀμὰ πράγμαθ᾽ ὡς ἔχει,
λέξαι θέλω σοι πρὶν θανεῖν ἃ βούλομαι.
ἐγώ σε πρεσβεύουσα κἀντὶ τῆς ἐμῆς
ψυχῆς καταστήσασα φῶς τόδ᾽ εἰσορᾶν
θνῄσκω, παρόν μοι μὴ θανεῖν ὑπὲρ σέθεν,
ἀλλ᾽ ἄνδρα τε σχεῖν Θεσσαλῶν ὃν ἤθελον
καὶ δῶμα ναίειν ὄλβιον τυραννίδι.
Admetus, you see my affairs holding in this way,
I want to tell you, before I die, the thing I wish.
Having honoured you as an elder and arranged for you to go on living instead of my life, I die. It is possible for me to not die on your behalf but
but to have a man of Thess, whoever I wanted,
and to dwell in a happy house in royal power.
καταστησασα- pple of καθιστημι (set out, ordered, arranged)
σχειν- aor infin εχω
φως τοδ’ εισοραν- lit. see this light
ναιειν- infin ναιω (I dwell)
κοὐκ ἠθέλησα ζῆν ἀποσπασθεῖσα σοῦ
σὺν παισὶν ὀρφανοῖσιν, οὐδ᾽ ἐφεισάμην
ἥβης, ἔχουσ᾽ ἐν οἷς ἐτερπόμην ἐγώ.
καίτοι σ᾽ ὁ φύσας χἠ τεκοῦσα προύδοσαν,
καλῶς μὲν αὐτοῖς κατθανεῖν ἧκον βίου,
καλῶς δὲ σῶσαι παῖδα κεὐκλεῶς θανεῖν.
But I did not wish to live, torn from you, with our children fatherless, I didn’t spare them, having the gifts of youth in which I took pleasure. and your father and mother betrayed you, it having come to them to finely put aside their life, and could have saved their son by dying gloriously.
ἀποσπασθεῖσα σοῦ- gen. of separation
οὐδ᾽ ἐφεισάμην- (them) is implied, as in the gifts of youth
χη- και + ἡ (def. article)
ἡκον- acc. abls.
καλως….κατθανειν- go together
μόνος γὰρ αὐτοῖς ἦσθα, κοὔτις ἐλπὶς ἦν
σοῦ κατθανόντος ἄλλα φιτύσειν τέκνα.
κἀγώ τ᾽ ἂν ἔζων καὶ σὺ τὸν λοιπὸν χρόνον,
κοὐκ ἂν μονωθεὶς σῆς δάμαρτος ἔστενες
καὶ παῖδας ὠρφάνευες. ἀλλὰ ταῦτα μὲν
θεῶν τις ἐξέπραξεν ὥσθ᾽ οὕτως ἔχειν.
For you were their only child, there being no hope to have another child when you died. Both you and I could have lived the rest of our time together, and not you sighing, having been made alone by your wife, and looking after our orphaned children. But a certain god held it to be brought about in this way.
εἶεν: σύ νύν μοι τῶνδ᾽ ἀπόμνησαι χάριν:
αἰτήσομαι γάρ σ᾽ ἀξίαν μὲν οὔποτε
（ψυχῆς γὰρ οὐδέν ἐστι τιμιώτερον）,
δίκαια δ᾽, ὡς φήσεις σύ: τούσδε γὰρ φιλεῖς
οὐχ ἧσσον ἢ ‘γὼ παῖδας, εἴπερ εὖ φρονεῖς:
Oh well, now be mindful to be greatful to me of these things.
For I don’t ask you for gratitude of equal worth- for nothing is more valuable than life- I will ask for just things, as you will admit. For you love our children no less than I do, if you indeed have good sense.
ἀπόμνησαι- aor imp.
αξιαν- worthy of (picks up χαριν)
τούτους ἀνάσχου δεσπότας ἐμῶν δόμων
καὶ μὴ ‘πιγήμῃς τοῖσδε μητρυιὰν τέκνοις,
ἥτις κακίων οὖσ᾽ ἐμοῦ γυνὴ φθόνῳ
τοῖς σοῖσι κἀμοῖς παισὶ χεῖρα προσβαλεῖ.
μὴ δῆτα δράσῃς ταῦτά γ᾽, αἰτοῦμαί σ᾽ ἐγώ.
Hold them up as masters of my house and don’t marry a stepmother for these children, she a worse wife than me and may strike our children with an unfavourable hand. Therefore (then) don’t do these things, I beg you.
μη ‘πιγημης- (ἐπιγαμέω- marry besides) negative command formed by μη + aorist subj, as it is refers to one occasion.
κακων…εμου- gen. of comparison
ἐχθρὰ γὰρ ἡ ‘πιοῦσα μητρυιὰ τέκνοις
τοῖς πρόσθ᾽, ἐχίδνης οὐδὲν ἠπιωτέρα.
καὶ παῖς μὲν ἄρσην πατέρ᾽ ἔχει πύργον μέγαν
σὺ δ᾽, ὦ τέκνον μοι, πῶς κορευθήσῃ καλῶς;
ποίας τυχοῦσα συζύγου τῷ σῷ πατρί;
μή σοί τιν᾽ αἰσχρὰν προσβαλοῦσα κληδόνα
ἥβης ἐν ἀκμῇ σοὺς διαφθείρῃ γάμους.
for stepmother, having come, is an enemy to the children already there, she is no more gentle than a viper. A boy has his strong father to be a great defense. But you, my daughter, how will you leave your girlhood well? What sort of a stepmother will happen to your father? Let her not cast bad rumours onto you, and, in the prime of your youth, destroy your marriage.
‘πιοῦσα- aor part. (having arrived. acc abls?)
τέκνοις τοῖς πρόσθ᾽- lit. to the before children
ἠπιωτερα- comp. of ἠπιος
γαμους- poetic pl.
οὐ γάρ σε μήτηρ οὔτε νυμφεύσει ποτὲ
οὔτ᾽ ἐν τόκοισι σοῖσι θαρσυνεῖ, τέκνον,
παροῦσ᾽, ἵν᾽ οὐδὲν μητρὸς εὐμενέστερον.
δεῖ γὰρ θανεῖν με: καὶ τόδ᾽ οὐκ ἐς αὔριον
οὐδ᾽ ἐς τρίτην μοι μηνὸς ἔρχεται κακόν,
ἀλλ᾽ αὐτίκ᾽ ἐν τοῖς οὐκέτ᾽ οὖσι λέξομαι.
χαίροντες εὐφραίνοισθε: καὶ σοὶ μέν, πόσι,
γυναῖκ᾽ ἀρίστην ἔστι κομπάσαι λαβεῖν,
ὑμῖν δέ, παῖδες, μητρὸς ἐκπεφυκέναι.
For your mother will never arrange your wedding some day, or encourage you in childbirth, where nothing is more comforting than a mother. For it is necessary for me to die. It is not into tomorrow and not the three days, that holds this bad thing, but straightway I will be said to be around those no longer present. May you be joyous and prosper, it is possible to you husband to boast to having had the best wife, and my children, to be born from the best mother.
ἱνα- + indic. where. (εστι is supplied)
ignore μητρος
ες τριτην- into the third (day supplied), the day after tomorrow
ἐστι- meaning εξεστι
Χορός:
θάρσει: πρὸ τούτου γὰρ λέγειν οὐχ ἅζομαι:
δράσει τάδ᾽, εἴπερ μὴ φρενῶν ἁμαρτάνει.
Chorus:
Have courage! For I don’t shrink to speak before him. He will do this, if indeed (lit.) he misses the mark not to make wise.
Ἄδμητος:
ἔσται τάδ᾽, ἔσται, μὴ τρέσῃς: ἐπεὶ σ᾽ ἐγὼ
καὶ ζῶσαν εἶχον, καὶ θανοῦσ᾽ ἐμὴ γυνὴ
μόνη κεκλήσῃ, κοὔτις ἀντὶ σοῦ ποτε
τόνδ᾽ ἄνδρα νύμφη Θεσσαλὶς προσφθέγξεται.
οὐκ ἔστιν οὕτως οὔτε πατρὸς εὐγενοῦς
οὔτ᾽ εἶδος ἄλλως ἐκπρεπεστάτη γυνή.
Admetus:
These things will be as is shall be, don’t worry. Since I held you, both in life and having dead, you alone will be called my wife. And no Thessilean bride will ever address me as husband. There is none of either so noble parents, or as beautiful in form.
ἅλις δὲ παίδων: τῶνδ᾽ ὄνησιν εὔχομαι
θεοῖς γενέσθαι: σοῦ γὰρ οὐκ ὠνήμεθα.
οἴσω δὲ πένθος οὐκ ἐτήσιον τὸ σὸν
ἀλλ᾽ ἔστ᾽ ἂν αἰὼν οὑμὸς ἀντέχῃ, γύναι,
στυγῶν μὲν ἥ μ᾽ ἔτικτεν, ἐχθαίρων δ᾽ ἐμὸν
πατέρα: λόγῳ γὰρ ἦσαν οὐκ ἔργῳ φίλοι.
σὺ δ᾽ ἀντιδοῦσα τῆς ἐμῆς τὰ φίλτατα
ψυχῆς ἔσωσας. ἆρά μοι στένειν πάρα
τοιᾶσδ᾽ ἁμαρτάνοντι συζύγου σέθεν;
Enough of children, I pray to the gods that benefit happens from them, as I did not benefit in you. I will bear your grief not for a year, but as long as my lifetime endures, o wife. Hating my mother, and hating my father, for their love was in their words but not their deeds. You saved my life by giving in exchange the most precious things of your life. Is it proper to me to sigh, having lost such a wife as you?
παρα- παρεστι (but think more proper/right)
παύσω δὲ κώμους συμποτῶν θ᾽ ὁμιλίας
στεφάνους τε μοῦσάν θ᾽ ἣ κατεῖχ᾽ ἐμοὺς δόμους.
οὐ γάρ ποτ᾽ οὔτ᾽ ἂν βαρβίτου θίγοιμ᾽ ἔτι
οὔτ᾽ ἂν φρέν᾽ ἐξάραιμι πρὸς Λίβυν λακεῖν
αὐλόν: σὺ γάρ μου τέρψιν ἐξείλου βίου.
σοφῇ δὲ χειρὶ τεκτόνων δέμας τὸ σὸν
εἰκασθὲν ἐν λέκτροισιν ἐκταθήσεται,
I will stop the revealaries and both companions of drinking, and garlands and music, which filled our house. For I won’t touch an instrument any more nor lift up my heart to sing to the Libyan pipes. For you have taken joy from the light of my life. Your form, having been made to resemble you by skilled hands of craftsmen, will be laid out on the bed,
ᾧ προσπεσοῦμαι καὶ περιπτύσσων χέρας
ὄνομα καλῶν σὸν τὴν φίλην ἐν ἀγκάλαις
δόξω γυναῖκα καίπερ οὐκ ἔχων ἔχειν:
ψυχρὰν μέν, οἶμαι, τέρψιν, ἀλλ᾽ ὅμως βάρος
ψυχῆς ἀπαντλοίην ἄν. ἐν δ᾽ ὀνείρασιν
φοιτῶσά μ᾽ εὐφραίνοις ἄν: ἡδὺ γὰρ φίλους
κἀν νυκτὶ λεύσσειν, ὅντιν᾽ ἂν παρῇ χρόνον.
I will fall upon it and enfold its hands, calling your name and embracing it, I shall seem to hold my wife despite not having her. A cold pleasure, I suppose, but in this way lighten my heavy soul. Appearing in dreams, you will cheer me, for it is sweet to see loved ones in the night, for whatever time they are present.
εἰ δ᾿ Ὀρφέως μοι γλῶσσα καὶ μέλος παρῆν,
ὥστ᾿ ἢ κόρην Δήμητρος ἢ κείνης πόσιν
ὕμνοισι κηλήσαντά σ᾿ ἐξ Ἅιδου λαβεῖν,
κατῆλθον ἄν, καί μ᾿ οὔθ᾿ ὁ Πλούτωνος κύων
οὔθ᾿ οὑπὶ κώπῃ ψυχοπομπὸς ἂν Χάρων
ἔσχ᾿ ἄν, πρὶν ἐς φῶς σὸν καταστῆσαι βίον.
If there was to me the voice and song of Orpheus,
So as to take you out of Hades, having charmed
The daughter of Demeter or her husband by a song,
I would have gone down, and neither Pluto’s dog
Nor Charon conductor of souls at his oars, would
Have held me, before I brought you back your life into the light.
ἀλλ᾿ οὖν ἐκεῖσε προσδόκα μ᾿, ὅταν θάνω,
καὶ δῶμ᾿ ἑτοίμαζ᾿, ὡς συνοικήσουσά μοι.
ἐν ταῖσιν αὐταῖς γάρ μ᾿ ἐπισκήψω κέδροις
σοὶ τούσδε θεῖναι πλευρά τ᾿ ἐκτεῖναι πέλας
πλευροῖσι τοῖς σοῖς· μηδὲ γὰρ θανών ποτε
σοῦ χωρὶς εἴην τῆς μόνης πιστῆς ἐμοί.
But at any rate wait for me, whenever I die,
And prepare a house, so that you can live with me.
For I will implore these people to place me in the same cederwoods to you
And stretch (arrange) my limbs near your limbs.
May I never, even when dead, be apart from you,
Who alone has been faithful to me.
ΧΟΡΟΣ (369)
καὶ μὴν ἐγώ σοι πένθος ὡς φίλος φίλῳ
λυπρὸν συνοίσω τῆσδε· καὶ γὰρ ἀξία.
ΑΛΚΗΣΤΙΣ
ὦ παῖδες, αὐτοὶ δὴ τάδ᾿ εἰσηκούσατε
πατρὸς λέγοντος μὴ γαμεῖν ἄλλην τινα
γυναῖκ᾿ ἐφ᾿ ὑμῖν μηδ᾿ ἀτιμάσειν ἐμέ.
ΑΔΜΗΤΟΣ
καὶ νῦν γέ φημι καὶ τελευτήσω τάδε.
ΑΛΚΗΣΤΙΣ
ἐπὶ τοῖσδε παῖδας χειρὸς ἐξ ἐμῆς δέχου
Chorus
Yes, I will bear this wretched grief for this woman with you, as a friend for a friend.
For she is worthy. (εστι supplied)
Alcestis
Oh children, you yourselves have heard your father sayings these things,
That he won’t marry another woman in charge of (lit. over) you nor dishonour me.
Admetus
And I say now, and will fulfil this.
Alcestis
On these conditions, receive the children from my hands.
ΑΔΜΗΤΟΣ (376)
δέχομαι, φίλον γε δῶρον ἐκ φίλης χερός.
ΑΛΚΗΣΤΙΣ
σύ νυν γενοῦ τοῖσδ᾿ ἀντ᾿ ἐμοῦ μήτηρ τέκνοις.
ΑΔΜΗΤΟΣ
πολλή μ᾿ ἀνάγκη, σοῦ γ᾿ ἀπεστερημένοις.
ΑΛΚΗΣΤΙΣ
ὦ τέκν᾿, ὅτε ζῆν χρῆν μ᾿, ἀπέρχομαι κάτω.
Admetus
I receive the loving gift from your loving hands.
Alcestis
Now you have become the mother to these children in of me.
Admetus
Indeed, it is a great necessary, being bereft/robbed of you.
Alcestis
Oh children, when it was necessary for me to live, I go below (when I should have been living)
ΑΔΜΗΤΟΣ
οἴμοι, τί δράσω δῆτα σοῦ μονούμενος
ΑΛΚΗΣΤΙΣ (381)
χρόνος μαλάξει σ᾿· οὐδέν ἐσθ᾿ ὁ κατθανών.
ΑΔΜΗΤΟΣ
ἄγου με σὺν σοί, πρὸς θεῶν, ἄγου κάτω.
ΑΛΚΗΣΤΙΣ
ἀρκοῦμεν ἡμεῖς οἱ προθνῄσκοντες σέθεν.
Admetus
Alas, what indeed will I do having been left as one by you?
Alcestis
Time will soothe you. The person who has died is nothing.
Admetus
Bring me with you, in the name of the gods, take me below.
Alcestis
We who are dying for you is enough (masc pl but read fem sg as it is a generalisation) (my death is enough)
ΑΔΜΗΤΟΣ
ὦ δαῖμον, οἵας συζύγου μ᾿ ἀποστερεῖς.
ΑΛΚΗΣΤΙΣ (384)
καὶ μὴν σκοτεινὸν ὄμμα μου βαρύνεται.
ΑΛΜΗΤΟΣ
ἀπωλόμην ἄρ᾿, εἴ με δὴ λείψεις, γύναι.
ΑΛΚΗΣΤΙΣ
ὡς οὐκέτ᾿ οὖσαν οὐδὲν ἂν λέγοις ἐμέ.
ΑΔΜΗΤΟΣ
ὄρθου πρόσωπον, μὴ λίπῃς παῖδας σέθεν.
Admetus
Oh gods, what sort of wife are you depriving me of.
Alcestis
And indeed, (lit.) the darkening eyes of me is weighed down.
Admetus
I am destroyed then, if indeed you are leaving me, woman.
Alcestis
You could call me nothing as I am no longer being.
Admetus
Raise your head, don’t leave your children!
ΑΛΚΗΣΤΙΣ
οὐ δῆθ᾿ ἑκοῦσά γ᾿· ἀλλὰ χαίρετ᾿, ὦ τέκνα.
ΑΔΜΗΤΟΣ (389)
βλέψον πρὸς αὐτούς, βλέψον.
ΑΛΚΗΣΤΙΣ
οὐδέν εἰμ᾿ ἔτι.
ΑΔΜΗΤΟΣ
τί δρᾷς; προλείπεις;
ΑΛΚΗΣΤΙΣ
χαῖρ᾿.
ΑΔΜΗΤΟΣ
ἀπωλόμην τάλας.
ΧΟΡΟΣ
βέβηκεν, οὐκέτ᾿ ἔστιν Ἀδμήτου γυνή.
Alcestis
Certainly not willingly indeed. But farewell, children.
Admetus
Look at them, look.
Alcestis
I am nothing anymore.
Admetus
What are you doing? Are you deserting us/me?
Alcestis
Farewell.
Admetus
I am destroyed that I am wretched.
Chorus
She is gone, the wife of Admetus is no longer.
