Monologue

Admetus Monologue from Alcestis

From Alcestis by Euripides

male · anguished · 55 sec

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Alas! Bitter the homeward way, Bitter to seek A widowed house; ah me, Where should I fly or stay, Be dumb or speak? Would I could cease to be! Despair, despair! My mother bore me under an evil star. I envy them that are perished; my heart is there. It dwells in the Sunless Houses, afar, afar. I take no joy in looking upon the light; No joy in the feel of the earth beneath my tread. The Slayer hath taken his hostage; the Lord of the Dead Holdeth me sworn to taste no more delight. (He throws himself on the ground in despair.)

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Admetus mourns the loss of his wife, Alcestis, expressing profound sorrow and a sense of hopelessness as he contemplates his existence without her.

30s · despair · death · isolation · fate · family

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