Alcestis

by Euripides

Overview

Alcestis, daughter of Pelias, is so devoted to her husband, Admetus, that she willingly gives her life in place of his.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781515426653
Publisher:	Wilder Publications
Publication date:	04/03/2018
Pages:	30
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.25(d)

About the Author

William Arrowsmith, General Editor of this series, is University Professor and Professor of Classics at Boston University. A world-renowned translator, he has translated numerous works, including the Orestes, Bacchae, Cyclops, Heracles, and Hecuba of Euripides; the Birds and Clouds of Aristophanes; the Satyricon of Petronius; as well as works from Italian, French, and German. He was a founding editor of The Hudson Review and of Arion.