Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (1)

• Alcestis’s Death-Day: Thanatos, Farewell, and the House of Mourning (Euripides)
  Heroes — Thessalian / Admetus–Alcestis · Attic tragic — Euripides *Alcestis* (prologue through death and mourning; before Heracles’ return of the wife)

Places appearing with them

• Hearth of Hestia
• Palace of Admetus at Pherae
• Threshold

Themes

• Binding
• Hospitality
• Marriage
• Underworld