ALCESTIS
A)/LKHSTIS

Author: Euripides
Date: 438BC
Greek text: The Perseus Project has a Greek text on-line.
Bibliography
Texts and Commentaries
Student edition
Hamilton, Richard with Michael W. Haslam. Euripides' Alcestis. Byrn Mawr: Bryn Mawr Commentaries, 1980.
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CAST OF CHARACTERS

 APOLLO, god of youth and life

 THANATOS, god of death

 CHORUS of Pheran citizens

 MAID, a servant to Alcestis

 ALCESTIS, daughter of Pelias, wife of Admetus, queen of Pherae

 ADMETUS, son of Pheres, husband of Alcestis, king of Pherae

 CHILDREN of Admetus and Alcestis (silent)

 HERACLES, son of Zeus and Alcmena

 PHERES, father of Admetus

 MALE SERVANT to Admetus

 OTHER SERVANTS to Admetus (silent)

Translation by Frederick Williams
revised by Wilfred E. Major, 1998