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		<title>Euripides -- Alcestis [Ἄλκηστις ], l.  354ff (438 BC) [tr. Vellacott (1974)]</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ADMETUS:Then in my dreams you&#8217;d come and go, Making me glad; to see a loved face even in dreams Brings pleasure, for as long as the illusion lasts. ἌΔΜΗΤΟΣ:ἐν δ᾽ ὀνείρασιν φοιτῶσά μ᾽ εὐφραίνοις ἄν: ἡδὺ γὰρ φίλους κἀν νυκτὶ λεύσσειν, ὅντιν᾽ ἂν παρῇ χρόνον.] Telling Alcestis that, after she has died for him, he [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="hangingindent">ADMETUS:<span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab">Then in my dreams you&#8217;d come and go,<br />
Making me glad; to see a loved face even in dreams<br />
Brings pleasure, for as long as the illusion lasts.</span></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="hangingindent">ἌΔΜΗΤΟΣ:<span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab">ἐν δ᾽ ὀνείρασιν<br />
φοιτῶσά μ᾽ εὐφραίνοις ἄν: ἡδὺ γὰρ φίλους<br />
κἀν νυκτὶ λεύσσειν, ὅντιν᾽ ἂν παρῇ χρόνον.]</span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<br><b>Euripides</b> (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist<br><i>Alcestis</i> [Ἄλκηστις ], l.  354ff (438 BC) [tr. Vellacott (1974)] 
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Telling Alcestis that, after she has died for him, he wants her to visit him in his dreams.<br><br>

(<a href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0087%3Acard%3D328#:~:text=%E1%BC%90%CE%BD%20%CE%B4%E1%BE%BD,%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%81%E1%BF%87%20%CF%87%CF%81%CF%8C%CE%BD%CE%BF%CE%BD.">Source (Greek)</a>). Other translations: <br><br>

<blockquote><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab">For visiting my dreams<br>
Shalt thou delight me; for to see a friend<br>
Is grateful to the soul, come when he will<br>
Though an unreal vision of the night.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Bacch%C3%A6_Ion_Alcestis_Medea_Hippolytu/L8tCAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover&bsq=%22for%20to%20see%20a%20friend%22">Potter</a> (1781)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>By visiting my dreams thou wilt delight me,<br>
For it is grateful see those we love<br>
At any hour, e'en in the midnight gloom.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hw2j3q&seq=30&q1=%22for+it+is+grateful%22">Wodhull</a> (1782)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>And in my dreams visiting me, thou mayst delight me, for a friend is sweet even to behold at night, for whatever time he may come.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/t39020x46&seq=26&q1=%22friend+is+sweet%22">Buckley</a> (1858)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab">And, haunting me
in dreams, thou may'st delight my heart; in stilly night<br>
a darling sweet to see, whatever time it comes!<br>
[tr. <a href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b290562&seq=62&q1=%22and+haunting+me%22">HBL</a> (1884), l. 365ff]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab">And coming oft<br>
To see me in my dreams, thou'lt give me joy;<br>
For sweet it is to see e'en in the night<br>
The friend we love as long as he remains.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/t5n879241&seq=28&q1=%22for+sweet+is+it%22">Cudworth</a> (1888)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>And thou wilt come to me in dreams and gladden me. For sweet it is to see our friends, come they when they will, e'en by night.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Plays_of_Euripides_(Coleridge)/Alcestis#:~:text=and%20thou%20wilt%20come%20to%20me%20in%20dreams%20and%20gladden%20me.%20For%20sweet%20it%20is%20to%20see%20our%20friends%2C%20come%20they%20when%20they%20will%2C%20e%27en%20by%20night.">Coleridge</a> (1891)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab">In dreams shalt thou<br>
Haunt me and gladden: sweet to see the loved,<br>
Though but a fleeting presence night-revealed.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Tragedies_of_Euripides_(Way)/Alcestis#:~:text=In%20dreams%20shalt,presence%20night%2Drevealed">Way</a> (1894)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab">Oh, visit me in my dreams, for thus<br>
Thou wilt rejoice my heart, since sweet it is<br>
To see one's friends if e'er they come at night.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiuo.ark:/13960/t3pw25f2d&seq=16&q1=%22sweet+it+is%22">Beloit College</a> (1908)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab">And good dreams of thee will come<br>
Like balm. ’Tis sweet, even in a dream, to gaze<br>
On a dear face, the moment that it stays.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Alcestis_of_Euripides_(Murray_1920)/Text#:~:text=And%20good%20dreams%20of%20thee%20will%20come%0ALike%20balm.%20%E2%80%99Tis%20sweet%2C%20even%20in%20a%20dream%2C%20to%20gaze%0AOn%20a%20dear%20face%2C%20the%20moment%20that%20it%20stays.">Murray</a> (1915)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Often you will gladden me, appearing in my dreams; for sweet it is to look on those we love in dreams, however brief the night.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://classics.mit.edu/Euripides/alcestis.html#:~:text=Often%20you%20will%20gladden%20me%2C%20appearing%20in%20my%20dreams%3B%20for%20sweet%20it%20is%20to%20look%20on%20those%20we%20love%20in%20dreams%2C%20however%20brief%20the%20night.">Aldington</a> (1930)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Often, I think, in sleep you will come to me:<br>
A sweet thing,<br>
To revisit in dreams the dear dead that we loved.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/alcestisofeuripi0000unse_g1f5/page/30/mode/2up?q=%22a+sweet+thing%22">Fitts/Fitzgerald</a> (1936)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Then in my dreams you would come to cheer me; it is a comfort to see a dear face even in a dream, for as long as the vision lasts.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/alcestisotherpla0000euri_b7n1/page/n133/mode/2up?q=%22see+a+dear+face%22">Vellacott</a> (1953)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>And perhaps you will cheer me by visiting me in dreams. For even in sleep it is pleasant to see loved ones for however long we are permitted.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0088%3Acard%3D328#:~:text=And%20perhaps%20you%20will%20cheer%20me%20%5B355%5D%20by%20visiting%20me%20in%20dreams.%20For%20even%20in%20sleep%20it%20is%20pleasant%20to%20see%20loved%20ones%20for%20however%20long%20we%20are%20permitted.">Kovacs</a> (1994)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>In my dreams you would flit to and fro, bringing me joy' for joy it is to see a loved one, even in dreams, for as long as the vision lasts.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Medea_and_Other_Plays/9DazOvYlir0C?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover&bsq=%22in%20my%20dreams%20you%22">Davie</a> (1996)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab">Wandering through
my dreams, you will cheer me up; it is sweet<br>
to see our loved ones even in the night, for however long they stay near.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/womenonedgefourp00euri/page/116/mode/2up?q=%22cheer+me+up%22">Rabinowitz</a> (1999)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>And if you visit me in my dreams my joy will be even greater.  It is a sweet thing to see one’s loved ones in dreams, even though it is for a short time.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://bacchicstage.wordpress.com/euripides/alcestis/#:~:text=And%20if%20you%20visit%20me%20in%20my%20dreams%20my%20joy%20will%20be%20even%20greater.%C2%A0%20It%20is%20a%20sweet%20thing%20to%20see%20one%E2%80%99s%20loved%20ones%20in%20dreams%2C%20even%20though%20it%20is%20for%20a%20short%20time.">Theodoridis</a> (2008)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab">Coming in dreams<br> 
you could bring me pleasure. For it is sweet to see <br>
dear ones even at night, for as long as they can stay. <br>
[tr. <a href="https://diotima-doctafemina.org/translations/greek/euripides-alcestis/#:~:text=Coming%20in%20dreams%C2%A0%0Ayou%20could%20bring%20me%20pleasure.%20For%20it%20is%20sweet%20to%20see%C2%A0%0Adear%20ones%20even%20at%20night%2C%20for%20as%20long%20as%20they%20can%20stay.%C2%A0">Luschnig / Luschnig</a> (2019)]</blockquote><br>						</span>
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