#alcestis

• Admetus — The traditional Romanian form for the name of Admetus, the legendary king of Pherae in Thessaly, famous in Greek mythology for being served for a year by the god Apollo and for the devotion of his wife, Alcestis, who agreed to die in his place to save his life.
• Alcestis — The traditional Romanian form of the name of the Greek mythological heroine Alcestis, daughter of King Pelias and wife of Admetus. She represents the ultimate symbol of conjugal devotion, being the only one who voluntarily agreed to die in place of her husband to save his life, later rescued from the Underworld and brought back to life by Heracles. The character inspired numerous works of art, including Euripides' homonymous tragedy and Christoph Willibald Gluck's famous opera.
• Alcestis — The original Greek form of the name Alcesta (Alcestis); it is also the name of a major main-belt asteroid (124 Alcestis), discovered in 1872 by the astronomer Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters. In a mythological context, it refers to the play written by Euripides in 438 BCE, considered one of the oldest surviving works of the playwright.