# Ἄλκηστις 5.1

Euripides, Ἄλκηστις, Episode 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/euripides/text/5.1

ἰώ μοι τύχας. μαῖα δὴ κάτω
βέβακεν, οὐκέτ’ ἔστιν, ὦ
πάτερ, ὑφ’ ἁλίῳ.
προλιποῦσα δ’ ἀμὸν
βίον ὠρφάνισσε τλάμων.
ἴδε γὰρ ἴδε βλέφαρον καὶ παρατόνους χέρας.
ὑπάκουσον ἄκουσον, ὦ μᾶτερ, ἀντιάζω.
ἐγώ σ’ ἐγώ, μᾶτερ,
καλοῦμαί σ’ ὁ σὸς ποτὶ σοῖσι πίτ-
στόμασιν νεοσσός.
τὴν οὐ κλύουσαν οὐδ’ ὁρῶσαν· ὥστ’ ἐγὼ
καὶ σφὼ βαρείᾳ συμφορᾷ πεπλήγμεθα.

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Euripides, Ἄλκηστις, ed. Gilbert Murray. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0006.tlg002.local001/.