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10523	Euripides	Alcestis			.txt	text/plain	18247	2166	95	Admetus had entertained in his house the demi-god, Heracles; and when Alcestis is lying dead in her room; Admetus conceals the death from him I know gods sicken at thee and men pine. Shall wrest this woman from thy worms and thee. In thy hand are my life and death, Thy father and mother both--'tis strange to tell-This life-long sorrow thou hast sworn, I too, Thy friend, will bear with thee. My King, thou needs must gird thee to the worst. Seeing she hath died, my son, that thou mayst live Thou art; and now I am no more thy son. Because none wrongs thee, thou must curse thy sire? Dishonoured thou shalt die when death shall come. --And the face of thy belovèd, it shall meet thee never, never! woman, not of kin with Admetus but much loved in the house, who has lived Admetus had said that "a woman" was dead; Heracles	./cache/10523.txt	./txt/10523.txt