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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...
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praising Alcestis' virtue. She
narrates a long
description of
Alcestis'
prayers and
preparations to die
earlier that morning, when
Alcestis cried over...
- 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...
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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...
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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...
- 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...
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intoxicated by
Alcestis.
Alcestis, who had two
children with Admetus,
became extremely saddened when
Admetus became very sick and
eventually died.
Alcestis used...
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Alkestis remain,
while Thanatos fled,
cheated of his quarry. Euripides, in
Alcestis: Thanatos: Much talk.
Talking will win you nothing. All the same, the woman...
- in Turkey, Iran and the Levant.
Polyommatus alcestis alcestis (Asia Minor, Levant)
Polyommatus alcestis karacetinae (Lukhtanov & Dantchenko, 2002) (south-eastern...
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Peliades (455 BC)
Telephus (438 BC with
Alcestis)
Alcmaeon in
Psophis (438 BC with
Alcestis)
Cretan Women (438 with
Alcestis)
Cretans (c. 435 BC) Philoctetes...