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Alces`tis

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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The wife of Admetus, who gave herself up to death to save her husband. Hercules descended to the lower world and brought her back. She is the subject of one of the tragedies of Euripides.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Alces`tis'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​a/alcestis.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
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