Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (1)

• Alcestis Rescued from Death
  Heroes — Heracles · Euripidean / Apollodorean (Admetus’s postponed death; Alcestis dies in his place; Heracles wrestles Thanatos or brings her back from the grave)

Places appearing with them

• Hades
• Thessaly
• Tomb of Alcestis

Themes

• Binding
• Birth
• Contest
• Hospitality
• Marriage
• Sacrifice
• Underworld
• War