Ἄλκηστις
Ἄλκηστις, Alcestis
Alcestis
• tít. de tragedias y comedias: de Eurípides, Eratosth.Cat.29, Frínico, Sud.s.u.
Ἄλκηστις, ιδος (ἡ) Alkèstis (Alceste) fille de Pélias et femme d’Admète, Il. 2, 715 ; Plat. Conv. 179b, 208d, etc.
Étym. ἀλκή.
Ἄλκηστις
- (δῖα γυναικῶν, Πελίαο θυγατρῶν εἶδος ἀρίστη).
- Daughter of Pelies, wife of Admetus and mother of Eumelus Il. 2.715.
Ἄλκηστις (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.