EURIPIDES
Admetus
My lord, you are forcing me to act against my wish.
Heracles
Be brave. Reach out your hand and take the stranger's.
Admetus
So.
Here is my hand; I feel like Perseus killing the gorgon.
Heracles
You have her?
Admetus
Yes, I have her.
Heracles
Keep her, then. Some day
you will say the son of Zeus came as your generous guest. 11 zo
But look at hen See iŁ she does not seem most like
your wife. Your grief is over now. Your luck is back.
Admetus
Gods, what shall I think! Amazement beyond hope, as I
look on this woman, this wife. Is she really mine,
or some sweet mockery for God to stun me with? 1125
Heracles
Not so. This is your own wife you see. She is here,
Admetus
Be careful she is not some phantom from the depths.
Heracles
The guest and friend you took was no necromancer.
Admetus
Do^ I see my wife, whom I waylaying in the grave?