Alceste
In the Greek Mythology, Alceste (in Greek old Ἄλκηστις / Álkêstis ) is the girl of Pélias, king of Iolcos in Thessalie, which sends Jason to conquer the Golden Fleece, and the sister of Acaste. Its history is told by the Pseudo-Apollodore in its Bibliothèque .
Myth
Médée cut out a ram of pieces and plunged it in ebullient water, it came out a lamb from it. Convinced by the demonstration of Médée, the sisters of Alceste consequently decided to make some as much with their Pélias father in order to renovate it. Alceste refused to take share with the experiment. Pélias never arose from the cauldron.
Alceste was given in marriage to Admète, king of Phères, thanks to the assistance of Apollon, then condemned by Zeus to be its servant. But Admète forgot to make a sacrifice with Artémis at the time of its marriage, and the two young grooms found the room bridal filled with snakes. Apollo again had to intervene, to calm his sister. At the moment of died of Admète, the god called upon the Moires to let it live. Those accepted provided that an other person took her place. The father and the mother of Admète refused, but by love, Alceste concludes the market and was poisoned. Héraclès will bring back it Enfers (according to other traditions, Perséphone decides to return Alceste at the alive ones).
Artistic evocations
The legend of Alceste inspired by many works, of which:- Alceste , a Greek Tragedy of Euripide;
- Alceste , a tragedy in music of Jean-Baptiste Lully;
- Alceste , a opera of Christoph Willibald Gluck on a booklet of Ranieri of' Calzabigi, created in 1767 (Italian version).
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