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Alcestis (play) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alcestis (Greek , Alkēstis ) is an Athenian tragedy by the ancient Greek playwright Euripides. It was first produced at the City Dionysia festival in 438 BCE. Euripides presented it as the final ...
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The Alcestis was first produced in Athens in 438 BC. It was played by two actors and a chorus. It was presented fourth, after the three tragedies, in the place of the satyr play. The Alcestis is the earliest of Euripides' plays to survive.
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Notes and Outline, Euripides' play The Alcestis ... Euripides had an estate on the island of Salamis. He held a local priesthood of Zeus at Phlya, and once served as ambassador to Syracuse in Sicily. He had three sons. Produced in Athens in 438 B.C., Alcestis Euripides' earliest surviving play.
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Euripides The author of the Alcestis is no less controversial than his work. Euripides was born in Athens between 485 and 480 B.C. His predecessor Aeschylus and his elderly contemporary Sophocles place him in a pivotal position in the development and eventual demise of classical Greek trady.
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Complete Plays of Euripides - web texts; Internet Classics Archive - Euripides' Plays - web texts; Primary Texts for browsing in Perseus ... Euripides (Perseus Ency); Euripides - overview ; Euripides - biography ... Alcestis notes & questions; Alcestis (Perseus)
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APOLLO; DEATH; CHORUS OF OLD MEN; A WOMAN SERVANT; ALCESTIS, the Queen, wife of ADMETUS; ADMETUS, King of Thessaly; EUMELUS, their child; HERACLES; PHERES, father of ADMETUS; A MAN SERVANT ... May not Alcestis live to old age?
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