Alcestis: Difference between revisions
From LSJ
Ὕβρις κακὸν μέγιστον ἀνθρώποις ἔφυ → Malum est hominibus maximum insolentia → Das größte Übel ist für Menschen Übermut
(Names) |
(6_1) |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{WoodhouseENELnames | {{WoodhouseENELnames | ||
|Text=[[File:woodhouse_1000.jpg|thumb|link={{filepath:woodhouse_1000.jpg}}]]Ἄλκηστις, -ιδος, ἡ, or say, <b class="b2">daughter of Pelias.</b> | |Text=[[File:woodhouse_1000.jpg|thumb|link={{filepath:woodhouse_1000.jpg}}]]Ἄλκηστις, -ιδος, ἡ, or say, <b class="b2">daughter of Pelias.</b> | ||
}} | |||
{{Lewis | |||
|lshtext=<b>Alcestis</b>: is, or Alcestē, ēs, f., = Ἄλκηστις or Ἀλκήστη,<br /><b>I</b> [[daughter]] of [[Pelias]], and [[wife]] of [[Admetus]], [[king]] of Pherœ, for the [[preservation]] of whose [[life]] she [[resigned]] her [[own]], [[but]] [[was]] [[afterwards]] brought [[back]] from the [[lower]] [[world]] by [[Hercules]], and restored to her [[husband]], v. Hyg. Fab. 51 and 251; Mart. 4, 75; Juv. 6, 652.—Also, a [[play]] of Nœvius, Gell. 19, 7. | |||
}} | }} | ||
Revision as of 08:08, 13 August 2017
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Ἄλκηστις, -ιδος, ἡ, or say, daughter of Pelias.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Alcestis: is, or Alcestē, ēs, f., = Ἄλκηστις or Ἀλκήστη,
I daughter of Pelias, and wife of Admetus, king of Pherœ, for the preservation of whose life she resigned her own, but was afterwards brought back from the lower world by Hercules, and restored to her husband, v. Hyg. Fab. 51 and 251; Mart. 4, 75; Juv. 6, 652.—Also, a play of Nœvius, Gell. 19, 7.
