Greek Tragedies, Volume 3 Quotes

“You are not the first, and not the last of humankind to lose a good wife. Therefore, you must understand death is an obligation claimed from all of us.”
― David Grene, Greek Tragedies 3: Aeschylus: The Eumenides; Sophocles: Philoctetes, Oedipus at Colonus; Euripides: The Bacchae, Alcestis

“The darkness creeps over my eyes. O children, 270 my children, you have no mother now, not any longer. Daylight is yours, my children. Look on it and be happy.”
― David Grene, Greek Tragedies 3: Aeschylus: The Eumenides; Sophocles: Philoctetes, Oedipus at Colonus; Euripides: The Bacchae, Alcestis

“DEATH What you propose, Phoebus, is to favor the rich.”
― David Grene, Greek Tragedies 3: Aeschylus: The Eumenides; Sophocles: Philoctetes, Oedipus at Colonus; Euripides: The Bacchae, Alcestis

“DEATH There is not. I insist on enjoying my rights too.”
― David Grene, Greek Tragedies 3: Aeschylus: The Eumenides; Sophocles: Philoctetes, Oedipus at Colonus; Euripides: The Bacchae, Alcestis