Alcestis
Also Al·kes·tis [al-kes-tis] /ælˈkɛs tɪs/ .Classical Mythology. the wife of Admetus who gave up her life in order that the Fates might save the life of Admetus and later was brought back from Hades by Hercules.
(italics) a tragedy (438 b.c.) by Euripides.
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How to use Alcestis in a sentence
To those who choose to receive Mr. Browning's Alkestis implicitly, it can only be a thing of beauty and of noblest meaning.
And she answered: "I will recite the last play he wrote from first to last—Alkestis—his strangest, saddest, sweetest song."
The Poetry Of Robert Browning | Stopford A. BrookeAnd as he looks, she dies, and the king is left—still twofold as before, with the soul of Alkestis in him—himself and her.
The Poetry Of Robert Browning | Stopford A. BrookeAs the ivy is to the pillar that supports the cornice, so are her words to the Alkestis on which she comments.
The Poetry Of Robert Browning | Stopford A. BrookeHe is shocked, but resolves to attack Death himself, who is bearing away Alkestis.
The Poetry Of Robert Browning | Stopford A. Brooke
British Dictionary definitions for Alcestis
/ (ælˈsɛstɪs) /
Greek myth the wife of king Admetus of Thessaly. To save his life, she died in his place, but was rescued from Hades by Hercules
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