Chorus
O grief! I shall begin my lament for my perished lord with the strain reserved for the dead. Peleus
[1200] O grief! In succession to you I, unhappy man, old and luckless, take up the lament. Chorus
A god's was this doom, a god made this disaster. Peleus
[1205] You have left the house bereaved, dear child [oh, alas, unhappy me] and robbed an old man of his children. Chorus
Death, death before your children die—this would have been right. Peleus
Shall I not rend my hair, [1210] not strike upon my head a hand's blow to end all? O my city, of two sons has Phoebus bereft me.