-
return from the dead was also po****rized in Euripides's
tragedy Alcestis.
Alcestis was the
fairest among the
daughters of Pelias, king of Iolcus, and...
-
praising Alcestis' virtue. She
narrates a long
description of
Alcestis'
prayers and
preparations to die
earlier that morning, when
Alcestis cried over...
- The so-called
Alcestis Barcinonensis is a
mythological poem of at
least 124
Latin hexameters on the
story of
Alcestis dying for the sake of her husband...
-
Italian libretto was
written by
Ranieri de'
Calzabigi and
based on the play
Alcestis by Euripides. The
premiere took
place on 26
December 1767 at the Burgtheater...
- unwilling,
Alcestis instead died for Admetus. The
scene of
death is
described in Euripides' play
Alcestis,
where Thanatos, the god of death,
takes Alcestis to...
-
intoxicated by
Alcestis.
Alcestis, who had two
children with Admetus,
became extremely saddened when
Admetus became very sick and
eventually died.
Alcestis used...
-
Austrodaphnella alcestis is a
species of sea snail, a
marine gastropod mollusk in the
family Raphitomidae. The
length of the s****
attains 6.5 mm, its...
- in Turkey, Iran and the Levant.
Polyommatus alcestis alcestis (Asia Minor, Levant)
Polyommatus alcestis karacetinae (Lukhtanov & Dantchenko, 2002) (south-eastern...
-
Hypolycaena alcestis is a
butterfly in the
family Lycaenidae. It was
described by
Henley Grose-Smith in 1889. It is
found on
Guadalcanal and Tulagi. Savela...
-
former student at Choate,
Robert Fitzgerald,
published translations of
Alcestis of
Euripides (1936),
Antigone of
Sophocles (1939),
Oedipus Rex (1949),...
