ALCESTIS
Admetus
Is it the same thing to die old and to die young?
Pheres
Yes. We have only one life and not two to live.
Admetus
I think you would like to live a longer time than Zeus.
Pheres
Cursing your parents, when they have done nothing to
you?
Admetus
Yes, for I found you much in love with a long life. 715
Pheres
Who is it you are burying? Did not someone die?
Admetus
And that she died, you foul wretch, proves your cowardice.
Pheres
You cannot say that we were involved in her death.
Admetus
Ah.
I hope that some day you will stand in need of me. 720
Pheres
Go on, and court more women, so they all can die.
Admetus
Your fault. You were not willing to.
Pheres
No, I was not.
It is a sweet thing, this God's sunshine, sweet to see.
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