Euripides, Alcestis (English) (XML Header) [genre: poetry; drama; tragedy] [word count] [Eur. Alc.].
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476 1 561-612 1 a 174 abandon 2 abandoned 2 abandoning 1 able 2 about 7 above 1 abundance 1 acastus 1 accept 1 accomplish 2 acheron 1 achieve 1 acres 1 across 1 act 2 acting 1 added 1 addition 2 address 2 addressed 1 addressing 1 admetus 32 admetus' 8 adornment 2 adrift 1 advanced 1 advantage 2 advice 2 aegean 1 affable 1 affairs 1 afflict 1 afflicted 2 affliction 1 after 4 again 6 against 4 age 13 aged 5 agony 1 agree 1 agreed 1 ah 5 aid 1 air 1 alas 13 alcestis 14 alcestis' 2 alcmene 1 alcmene's 2 alike 1 alive 9 all 43 allowed 2 almost 1 aloft 2 alone 8 aloud 1 already 8 also 5 altar 1 altars 4 although 3 always 3 am 30 amazed 1 ambush 1 ammon 1 among 4 an 23 ancestral 2 and 319 anger 1 angry 2 announce 1 annulling 1 another 5 answer 1 any 15 anyone 2 anything 3 apart 1 aphrodite 1 apollo 5 apparel 2 appear 1 appearance 2 appreciate 1 approach 2 approaching 1 approve 1 are 66 ares 1 ares' 1 argos 1 arise 1 arms 8 arrival 3 arrive 2 arrived 3 arrows 1 as 72 asclepius 2 aside 2 ask 5 asked 1 asking 1 assigns 1 assistance 1 assure 1 astonishment 1 at 37 athens 1 athlete's 1 attend 2 attendant 1 attention 1 avert 2 avoid 3 away 7 b 4 back 11 background 1 bane 1 banqueters 2 basin 1 bathed 1 battle 2 be 63 bear 6 bears 1 beasts 1 beat 1 beautiful 1 because 5 become 3 becomes 1 becomingly 1 bed 9 bed-chamber 1 bedchamber 1 bedclothes 1 been 17 befallen 2 befits 2 befitted 2 before 8 beforehand 1 beg 4 beget 1 begot 4 begotten 1 begs 1 behalf 3 behind 4 being 8 belief 1 beloved 1 below 14 beneath 5 benefit 1 bent 1 berating 1 bereaved 1 bereft 4 beside 4 best 6 bested 1 betray 1 betraying 1 better 4 bewail 1 bewailing 2 beyond 4 bid 2 bier 1 birth 1 bistones 1 bistonia 1 bit 1 bitter 2 bitterness 1 black 6 black-haired 1 black-robed 1 blade 1 blessed 2 blessedness 1 blessing 2 blood 7 boast 1 boat 1 boat-pole 1 body 6 boebias 1 boon 1 bore 6 born 3 borne 1 both 7 bought 1 bound 1 boundary 1 bow 3 boxing 1 brash 1 bread 1 breaking 1 breast 2 breath 1 breathe 1 bridal 2 bride 4 bridegroom 1 brigand 1 bring 8 bringing 2 brings 2 brought 6 brows 3 bulls 1 bulwark 1 burden 2 burdensome 1 burial 6 buried 3 bury 8 burying 3 busy 1 but 94 buy 1 by 70 calamity 1 call 8 called 3 calls 2 came 3 can 12 cannot 7 care 6 care-worn 1 carnea 3 caroused 1 carousing 2 carried 1 carry 2 carrying 5 case 2 cast 3 catch 2 cattle 1 caught 1 cause 5 caused 1 causes 2 cease 2 cedar 1 certain 2 certainly 3 chains 1 chairs 1 chalybes 1 chamber 1 chambers 1 chance 1 chances 1 changed 2 character 1 characteristic 1 chariot 2 charm 1 charon 2 check 1 cheer 2 chest 1 child 6 childbirth 1 childless 5 children 30 choice 1 chorus 6 choruses 1 circling 1 circumstances 1 cities 1 citizens 2 city 5 claim 1 claims 1 clamorous 1 clear 1 clearly 1 cleverly 1 close 1 closely 1 clothing 1 clotted 1 clouds 1 club 1 cocytus 1 coffin 1 cold 1 color 1 combined 1 come 23 comes 6 coming 4 command 3 commend 2 common 1 company 1 compel 1 compelled 1 conceal 3 concealed 2 concern 2 conclude 1 conduct 1 confidence 1 confident 1 conjecture 1 conjectures 1 connected 1 consecrated 1 consent 1 consented 1 consider 2 constrained 1 consummate 1 contest 3 continue 2 contrive 1 controlled 1 convey 1 convinced 1 corpse 4 correct 1 corrupt 1 could 16 count 2 countless 1 courage 6 course 4 court 1 courtyard 1 coward 2 cowardice 2 cowardice; 1 cowardly 1 craft 1 craftsmen 1 craven 1 cravenness 1 creeps 1 crossing 1 crowned 1 cry 2 cult-title 1 cunning 1 cure 2 curse 1 curtailing 1 custom 5 cut 7 cutting 2 cyclopes 1 cycnus 1 danced 1 dappled 1 daring 1 dark 3 darkly 1 darkness 2 daughter 8 day 16 day's 1 days 3 dead 29 deadly 1 dear 11 dearest 1 death 42 debt 2 deceived 1 decline 1 deed 2 deemed 2 defeat 1 defense 1 deigned 1 delight 1 delusive 1 demeter's 1 deny 3 departed 4 departing 1 desert 1 deserve 4 deserves 4 desire 2 desolate 1 desolation 1 destiny 1 destroy 1 destroyed 2 devise 1 did 23 die 31 died 25 dies 1 difference 1 different 2 dimmed 1 dinner 1 diomedes 1 disaster 6 disbelieve 1 diseases 1 disgrace 1 disgraceful 2 dishonor 2 dishonored 1 divide 1 divinity 4 do 71 does 12 doing 5 don't 1 done 5 doom 1 doomed 2 doors 5 double 2 doubt 2 down 9 drawing 1 draws 1 dreams 1 drenched 1 dress 1 dressed 2 drink 1 drinking 3 drinking-bowl 1 dripping 1 drive 3 driven 1 drives 1 dwell 4 dwells 1 dying 7 each 4 earlier 1 earth 9 easier 1 easy 2 eddies 1 eisodos 11 either 4 electryon 1 else 3 embrace 3 empty 2 encircle 1 encourage 1 end 5 ended 1 endure 9 endured 1 enemy 3 engaged 1 enjoy 2 enormously 1 enough 9 enter 17 entered 2 entering 1 enters 1 entertain 1 entertained 2 entreaty 1 entrusting 1 enveloped 1 envy 3 ere 1 escape 2 escaped 3 escort 2 establish 1 eumelus 1 eurystheus 3 even 12 events 6 ever 5 every 1 everyone 2 evidence 1 evident 1 excellent 1 excessive 2 excessively 1 exchange 2 exeunt 1 existence 1 existing 1 exit 10 expect 1 expectation 2 expression 1 eye 1 eyes 7 face 4 faced 1 faces 1 fail 1 failed 2 fails 1 fair-flowing 1 fairer 1 faithful 4 fall 3 falling 3 family 5 far 7 fare 1 farewell 11 fast 1 fatal 1 fate 12 fated 8 fates 2 father 21 father's 1 fathers 1 fatten 1 fault 1 favor 2 fawn 1 fear 5 feast 1 feasted 2 feeding-troughs 1 feel 2 fell 1 ferried 1 ferrying 1 ferryman 3 festival 1 fetch 3 fields 1 fight 2 filled 1 find 7 finds 1 fine 1 finery 5 fir-trees 1 fire 3 first 11 fit 1 flocks 1 flood 1 floor 1 flowing 1 flute 1 fodder 1 foe 1 followed 2 following 1 fond 1 food 1 fool 1 foolish 2 foot 1 for 162 force 4 foreign 1 forever 1 forged 1 forget 2 form 2 former 1 forsaken 1 forth 2 fortunate 1 fortune 7 fortune's 1 fortunes 2 fought 1 found 8 four 1 four-horse 1 frankly 1 free 1 freeborn 1 friend 12 friend's 1 friends 3 from 75 front 1 fulfillment 1 full 5 funeral 6 further 1 gain 1 games 1 garb 1 garlanded 4 garlands 2 gates 4 gatherings 1 gave 2 generous 2 get 6 ghost 1 gift 1 give 9 given 1 gives 2 giving 3 gleaming 1 gloomy 2 glorious 1 glory 2 glowering 1 go 32 goad 1 god 10 god-fearing 1 goddess 2 goddess's 1 goddesses 1 godly 2 gods 21 gods' 1 goes 3 going 7 gold 1 gone 12 good 16 goodwill 2 gorgon's 2 gown 1 grant 2 grape 1 grasp 2 grasping 1 grasps 1 grateful 1 gratitude 3 grave 4 gray 1 grazing 1 great 4 greater 6 greek 2 greet 3 greeted 1 grief 23 grieve 2 grieved 1 grieving 3 grievous 1 grip 1 groan 2 groaning 1 groans 2 ground 1 grow 1 guard 1 guardian 1 guest 6 guest-friend 3 guest-friends 1 guest-quarters 1 guest-rooms 1 guests 7 had 28 hades 17 hades' 1 hail 1 hair 10 halls 4 hand 18 handed 1 hands 9 hanging 1 happened 1 happens 1 happier 1 happiness 1 happy 3 hard 3 hard-hearted 1 hardness 1 harm 1 harvested 1 has 44 haste 1 hate 2 hateful 5 hates 1 hating 1 hatred 1 have 114 he 63 head 8 heal 1 healing 2 hear 10 heard 1 heart 13 heart's 1 hearth 5 hearth-goddess' 1 hearts 1 heaven 2 heaviness 1 heavy 2 heed 2 heir 1 heirs 1 held 3 help 2 help-meet 1 henceforth 2 her 106 heracles 13 herald 1 herds 1 herdsman 1 here 15 hereafter 1 heretofore 1 hermes 2 herself 4 hes 1 hesitate 1 hid 1 high 2 hillsides 1 him 24 himself 3 hinder 1 his 57 ho 1 hold 4 holding 4 home 4 homeward 1 honor 9 honored 2 hope 3 hoping 1 horses 7 horses' 1 hospitable 5 host 3 hostage 1 hostile 1 hosts 1 hound 1 hour 5 house 71 house; 1 how 25 however 1 howled 1 hung 1 hurl 1 hurry 2 husband 17 husband's 1 hush 1 hymn 2 i 314 i'm 1 idea 1 identified 1 if 46 ill 3 ill-starred 1 ill-will 1 ills 1 image 2 imagine 2 immediate 1 impatiently 1 implore 1 impossible 1 impunity 1 in 206 inclined 1 included 1 indeed 4 indoors 1 ineluctable 1 inexorable 2 inherit 1 injustice 2 insincerely 1 insisting 1 instead 3 insult 2 insults 1 intend 1 intense 1 intent 1 interests 1 into 22 invented 1 invite 1 iolcus 1 iron 2 is 164 it 89 its 5 ivy-wood 1 jaws 1 join 2 journey 3 joy 11 joyful 1 judgement 2 just 5 justice 4 keep 8 kept 4 kill 2 killed 3 killing 1 kin 4 kind 4 kinder 2 kindly 2 kindness 1 king 7 kinsman 1 kiss 1 kissed 1 knavish 1 knees 1 knit 2 know 21 knowledge 1 known 2 knows 2 labor 5 labors 2 lacked 1 lady 5 laid 3 lake 4 lament 3 land 8 lands 2 larisa 1 last 7 laughter 1 law 1 lay 7 leads 1 learned 2 least 1 leave 7 leaving 2 left 5 legitimately 1 legs 1 length 2 less 3 lessened 1 lest 1 let 17 libations 2 libyan 1 lie 3 lies 3 life 31 lift 1 light 19 lighten 1 lightning-bolt 1 lightning-fire 1 like 7 liking 1 limb 1 limit 1 lion-skin 1 lions 1 lips 1 listen 3 little 1 live 14 lived 4 lives 10 living 9 loathing 1 lock 1 loiter 1 long 7 longer 2 longing 2 look 17 looked 1 looking 4 looks 1 looming 1 lord 9 lords 1 lose 5 loss 5 lost 6 lot 2 love 9 loved 5 lovely 2 loving 1 lowly 1 loyal 1 luck 1 luckier 1 luckless 2 lusting 1 lustral 1 lycaon 1 lycia 1 lydian 1 lying 2 lynxes 1 lyre 5 lyre-playing 1 made 6 maiden-bed 1 main 1 maintain 1 make 5 makes 2 making 2 malady 1 man 26 man's 3 manes 1 manner 1 many 12 mares 1 marriage 4 marriage-bed 2 married 3 marry 4 marvel 1 master 10 master's 1 masters 1 mating-songs 1 may 26 me 104 mean 6 meaning 1 means 3 measure 1 melody 2 memory 2 men 11 men's 2 menial 1 merely 1 midst 2 might 7 mighty 1 mind 1 mine 2 misfortune 15 misfortunes 4 mistake 1 mistress 4 mock 1 moderate 1 moderately 1 moistened 1 molossian 1 money 1 monk's 1 month 2 months 1 moon 1 more 29 morrow 1 mortal 4 mortals 8 most 3 mother 19 mother's 2 mothers 1 mound 1 mount 1 mountain 2 mountains 1 mourn 6 mourners 2 mourning 12 mouths 1 moving 1 much 5 murderer 1 music 2 musical 1 must 29 my 156 myrtle 2 myself 7 name 7 nature 3 near 5 necessary 1 necessity 1 neck 1 need 4 needs 1 neither 1 nether 2 never 26 new 3 next 2 nigh 1 night 2 nimble 1 no 69 nobility 2 noble 17 noblest 4 nobly 2 non-existence 1 none 5 noose 1 nor 10 normally 1 nostrils 1 not 134 note 1 nothing 8 noticed 1 now 46 numbered 1 o 22 oar 3 obeying 1 object 2 obliged 1 occasion 1 of 271 off 7 offering 1 offerings 1 office 1 offspring 1 often 1 oh 11 old 16 on 49 once 9 one 24 one's 2 ones 3 only 8 onto 1 open 3 or 34 orb 1 ordains 2 order 1 ordered 1 orders 3 orphan 3 orphaned 2 orphans 1 orpheus 2 other 9 others 2 otherwise 1 othrys 1 ought 4 our 27 ours 1 out 27 outcome 2 outside 1 outskirts 1 over 8 overcome 1 overcoming 1 own 6 paian 1 pain 10 painful 2 pains 2 palace 20 palace; 1 pale 1 pardonable 1 parentage 1 parents 1 part 1 parted 2 pass 2 passage 1 passed 1 past 2 pastures 1 paternal 1 path 1 pay 4 paying 1 pays 1 pelias 1 pelias' 2 pelion 2 penalty 1 people 3 perfect 1 perform 1 performances 1 performing 1 perhaps 5 perish 2 perished 3 permitted 1 persephone 2 perseus 1 perseus' 1 person 2 persuade 1 persuading 1 pherae 6 pheres 6 pheres' 1 phoebus 3 phoebus' 1 phrygian 1 piety 1 pine-torches 1 pipe 2 pitiable 1 pity 3 place 10 places 1 plain 2 play 1 playing 1 pleasant 1 pleasure 3 plentiful 1 plied 1 plight 1 plunder 1 pluto's 1 poetry 1 poets 2 point 2 pollution 1 poor 2 porch 1 portals 1 possess 2 possible 3 postpone 1 pound 1 poured 1 power 4 powers 1 praise 3 praised 1 praising 1 pray 7 prayed 1 prayer 2 precious 4 precisely 1 prelude 1 preparations 1 prepare 1 prepared 1 prerogatives 1 presence 1 present 3 preserve 1 press 1 presses 1 prevented 1 previously 1 price 1 pride 1 prime 5 prize 2 procession 2 profit 3 profusely 1 promise 2 promised 4 promontory 1 proof 2 proper 2 property 2 prosper 1 prove 1 provide 1 provoke 1 public 2 punctually 1 punish 1 punishment 2 purified 1 purpose 1 put 14 putting 1 pyre 1 pythian 1 quake 1 quarry 1 quarters 1 queen 3 quest 1 quite 1 quiver 1 race 1 railing 1 raise 4 raised 3 raiser 1 raising 1 rather 1 ray 1 re-enter 1 reach 1 reached 2 reaches 1 ready 1 really 1 realm 2 reap 1 reason 1 reasonable 1 reasons 1 receive 8 received 3 recently 1 recesses 1 redeem 1 reference 1 referred 1 reflection 1 refused 3 regard 3 regarded 1 regarding 1 region 1 rein 1 reject 1 rejected 1 rejoicing 1 related 1 relation 1 relative 1 release 2 releases 1 remain 1 remainder 1 remember 1 remind 1 renounce 1 renounced 1 repayment 1 reproach 3 reproaches 3 reputation 2 repute 2 required 1 rescue 1 rescued 1 rescuer 1 rescuing 1 resemblance 1 resemble 1 resolute 1 resoundingly 1 respect 3 respite 1 responsible 1 rest 1 restoring 1 retinue 3 return 4 returned 1 reveal 1 revelling 1 revels 1 reverence 2 reviling 1 rich 5 riddles 1 riders 1 right 5 righteous 1 ripe 1 river 2 road 1 rob 1 robbing 1 robes 1 rocky 1 roof 1 room 1 round 2 rouse 1 royal 3 rule 1 rulers 1 rules 1 run 2 runs 1 rush 1 ruthless 1 sacred 1 sacrifice 2 sacrificed 1 sacrificer 1 sacrifices 1 sacrificial 2 sad 1 safe 2 said 5 sake 1 same 6 sat 1 save 5 saved 3 saving 1 savior 1 savior's 1 saw 1 say 18 saying 2 scarcely 1 scope 1 scowl 1 sculpted 1 sea 1 seat 1 second 1 secretly 1 see 30 seeing 2 seemed 1 seems 3 sees 1 seized 1 semi-choruses 2 send 1 sense 3 senses 1 sent 3 sentiments 1 separate 2 separated 1 serf 1 servant 5 servants 11 served 2 service 1 serving-man 3 serving-woman 3 servitude 1 set 4 sets 1 seven-stringed 1 shall 56 shame 1 shameless 2 shamelessly 1 shamelessness 1 shape 1 shaped 1 shapes 1 share 4 shared 1 sharer 1 she 93 shepherd 2 shield-bearing 1 ship 1 shocking 1 shorn 3 short 3 should 13 shoulders 1 show 8 showed 1 showing 1 shown 1 shrank 1 shrine 1 sickness 1 side 1 side-crushing 1 sight 5 sign 1 silence 2 silent 1 silently 1 simples 1 since 17 sing 2 singing 1 single 3 sinking 1 sir 1 sister 1 sister's 1 sit 1 sits 2 skiff 1 skilled 1 skin 2 sky 1 slack 1 slackened 1 slanting 1 slave 3 slaves 1 slay 1 sleep 1 slew 1 slighting 1 slip 1 slur 1 smitten 1 snatched 1 so 39 soared 1 soberly 1 soften 1 softening 1 solemn 1 some 17 someone 9 someone's 1 something 1 son 27 song 3 songs 6 sons 4 sorrow 7 sorrows 1 sort 1 sorts 1 soul 2 soul's 1 souls 3 sound 1 sounded 1 sounds 1 spare 1 sparta 1 spartan 1 speak 7 speaks 1 spend 1 spent 2 spirit' 1 spirits 1 spoke 1 spotted 1 spray 1 sprays 1 spurner 1 stables 1 stage 1 stage-direction 1 stand 7 standing 4 state 2 statement 1 stationed 1 statue 1 stay 3 stead 3 steal 2 steep 1 step 1 step-mother 3 stepping 2 sthenelus' 1 still 16 stillness 1 stirred 1 stirs 1 stomach 1 stone 1 stood 1 stop 2 store 1 story 1 straight 1 stranger 4 strangers 1 stream 1 strength 1 stretch 2 stricken 2 striking 2 striven 1 stronger 1 stung 1 subjects 1 submitted 1 successor 1 such 15 suffer 2 suffered 3 suffering 2 sufferings 1 sun 8 sun's 1 sun-god's 1 sungod 2 sunk 1 sunless 2 superlative 1 suppletion 1 support 1 supported 1 suppose 3 supreme 1 sure 7 surely 3 surfeited 1 surpasses 1 surprised 1 swear 1 sweet 3 sweetest 1 sword 3 tablets 1 take 22 taken 2 taking 5 tale 1 talk 1 tall 1 tarrying 1 task 1 taste 2 tawny 1 teaching 1 teams 1 tear 2 tears 5 teeth 2 tell 8 temper 1 tentative 1 terms 1 terrible 2 test 1 text 2 th 1 than 20 that 98 the 466 their 29 them 18 theme 1 then 24 there 27 therefore 4 these 12 thessalian 6 thessalians 2 thessaly 2 they 14 thief 1 thing 4 things 5 think 10 thinker 1 thinking 1 third 2 thirsty 1 this 87 those 16 though 20 thought 3 thoughts 1 thrace 2 thracian 3 threw 1 throng 1 through 1 throughout 1 throwing 2 throws 1 thrusting 1 thud 1 thus 1 till 1 tillage 1 tiller 1 time 13 timely 1 tiryns 2 tirynthian 1 title 1 to 308 today 2 together 4 toil 1 tomb 4 tomorrow 1 tongue 1 too 12 took 3 tore 1 torn 1 tortoise-shell 2 touch 3 touched 3 toward 1 towards 1 translate 1 treatment 1 trickery 1 tricking 1 tripping 1 trouble 6 trouble-ridden 1 troubles 5 true 2 truly 6 trust 1 truth 1 trying 1 tune 1 turn 3 turned 2 turns 1 twelve 1 two 6 two-oared 1 two-pronged 1 unable 1 unaccompanied 2 unbridled 1 under 3 underground 1 understand 3 underworld 3 undone 1 unendurable 1 unexpected 2 unfortunates 1 unfriendly 1 ungrateful 1 unhappiest 1 unhappy 3 union 1 unite 1 unjust 1 unless 4 unmarried 1 unmixed 1 unrelated 1 unrelenting 1 unschooled 1 unspoken 1 unswept 1 until 6 untimely 1 untouched 1 unwed 1 unwilling 2 up 15 upon 10 upset 1 urging 1 us 7 used 1 utter 1 uttered 1 utterly 2 vain 2 vale 1 valuable 1 veil 1 veiled 1 very 3 vexed 1 vexing 1 victims 2 victorious 1 victory 1 view 2 violence 1 viper 1 virginity 1 virtuous 2 visiting 1 visits 1 voice 3 wait 3 walking 2 wandering 1 waning 1 want 3 warmed 1 was 43 waste 1 wasting 2 watching 1 water 1 waterless 1 way 8 wayfarer 1 ways 1 we 19 weakness 1 wealth 1 wear 2 wearing 2 wedded 1 weddings 1 weep 1 weeping 8 weeps 1 weighed 1 welcome 1 welcomed 2 well 10 went 2 wept 1 were 18 west 1 wet 1 what 60 whatever 2 when 29 whenever 1 where 13 wherever 1 whether 6 which 9 while 7 whirling 1 white 2 who 52 whoever 1 whole 4 whom 4 whose 3 why 11 widower's 1 wife 51 wife's 6 will 81 willing 3 win 3 winding 1 wine 2 winged 1 winner 1 wintry 1 wisdom 1 wiser 2 wish 13 wishes 2 with 88 within 6 without 5 wits 1 wives 6 woe 2 woman 36 woman; 1 womanhood 1 women 11 won 4 wonder 1 woo 1 word 1 words 6 working 1 world 1 worn 1 worrying 1 worse 1 worthwhile 1 worthy 3 would 30 wound 1 wrapped 1 wrestling 1 wretched 1 wrong 1 wronging 1 wrongly 1 year 1 yearn 1 years 3 yes 15 yet 19 yielded 1 yoke 1 you 346 young 11 your 138 yours 6 yourself 6 yourselves 1 youth 1 zeus 10 zeus's 2 δαίμων 1
