Ἄλκηστις

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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.