Ἄλκηστις

French (Bailly abrégé)

ιδος (ἡ) :
Alceste, femme d’Admète.
Étymologie: ἀλκή.

English (Autenrieth)

(root αλκ, she averted death from her husband by dying for him, but this legend is not mentioned by Homer): Alcestis, daughter of Pelias, wife of Admetus of Pherae, and mother of Eumelus, Il. 2.715.

Spanish (DGE)

-ιδος, ἡ

• Morfología: [ac. Ἄλκηστιν E.Alc.842, 854]
Alcestishija de Pelias y esposa de Admeto Il.2.715, Hes.Fr.37.20, E.Alc.ll.cc., 52, 1062, Pl.Smp.179b, 208d
•tít. de tragedias y comedias: de Eurípides, Eratosth.Cat.29, Frínico, Sud.s.u. Φρύνιχος, Antífanes, Ath.122d.