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.
Latin > German (Georges)
Alcēstis, tidis, Akk. tim u. tin, f., u. Alcēstē, ēs, f. (Ἀλκηστις od. Ἀλκήστη), die Tochter des Pelias, Gemahlin des Admetus, Herrschers von Pherä, die das Leben ihres Gatten durch freiwilligen Tod von den Parzen erkaufte, ihm aber von der Proserpina zurückgesandt oder, nach einer andern Sage, von Herkules dem Hades wieder abgekämpft wurde, Hyg. fab. 50 u. 51 (Akk. tim). Mart. 4, 75, 6 (Akk. -tin). Iuven. 6, 653 (Akk. -tim). Macr. sat. 5, 19, 4 (Genet. -tidis). Vgl. Admetus no. I. – Ihre Schicksale als Gegenstand der Darstellung in der griech. u. röm. Tragödie, ignoravit Euripidis nobilissimam fabulam Alcestim, Macr. sat. 5, 19, 3: legi Laevii Alcestin, Gell. 19, 7, 2.
Spanish > Greek
Ἄλκηστις
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Alcestis (/ælˈsɛstɪs/; Ancient Greek: Ἄλκηστις, Álkēstis) or Alceste, was a princess in Greek mythology, known for her love of her husband. Her life story was told by pseudo-Apollodorus in his Bibliotheca, and a version of her death and return from the dead was also popularized in Euripides's tragedy Alcestis.
Alcestis (/ælˈsɛstɪs/; Greek: Ἄλκηστις, Alkēstis) is an Athenian tragedy by the ancient Greek playwright Euripides. It was first produced at the City Dionysia festival in 438 BC. Euripides presented it as the final part of a tetralogy of unconnected plays in the competition of tragedies, for which he won second prize; this arrangement was exceptional, as the fourth part was normally a satyr play. Its ambiguous, tragicomic tone—which may be "cheerfully romantic" or "bitterly ironic"—has earned it the label of a "problem play." Alcestis is, possibly excepting the Rhesus, the oldest surviving work by Euripides, although at the time of its first performance he had been producing plays for 17 years. Read text and English translation.
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