Alcestis
Americannoun
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Classical Mythology. Also Alkestis 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.
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(italics) a tragedy (438 b.c.) by Euripides.
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Alcestis Oberg wrote in to USA Today “in defense of cookie bakers,” writing: “They call me ‘Cooky.’
From New York Times • Nov. 15, 2016
They found inspiration for both Alcestis and Admetus in Jerry Lewis’s and Elvis Presley’s self-created regality, and by watching YouTube videos of the Yiddish actor Solomon Mikhoels playing King Lear in the 1930s.
From New York Times • Nov. 27, 2011
In a long, pale gold dress, Ms. Canale embodies dignity as Queen Alcestis.
From New York Times • Nov. 27, 2011
She had postponed her retirement and capped her career by learning the role of Alcestis in English at 55.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was this Admetus whose wife, Alcestis, Hercules rescued from Hades.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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