Alcestis
Also Al·kes·tis [al-kes-tis] /ælˈkɛs tɪs/ .Classical Mythology. the wife of Admetus who gave up her life in order that the Fates might save the life of Admetus and later was brought back from Hades by Hercules.
(italics) a tragedy (438 b.c.) by Euripides.
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There is another version of the story of how Hercules brought Alcestis back from Hades.
Stories of Old Greece and Rome | Emilie Kip BakerSo he prayed to Apollo to recall his gift, and to give him back his wife Alcestis.
Stories of Old Greece and Rome | Emilie Kip BakerAdmetus, the husband of Alcestis, whose wife died to save his life.
The Browning Cyclopdia | Edward BerdoeEuripides has used these circumstances as the basis of his tragedy of Alcestis.
The Browning Cyclopdia | Edward BerdoeIt was nearly the last letter before the Alcestis was heard of at Spithead.
The Daisy Chain | Charlotte Yonge
British Dictionary definitions for Alcestis
/ (ælˈsɛstɪs) /
Greek myth the wife of king Admetus of Thessaly. To save his life, she died in his place, but was rescued from Hades by Hercules
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