Alcestis by Euripides

Alcestis

Euripides

96 pages first pub 438 (editions)

fiction classics play challenging reflective slow-paced
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Alcestis is the story of a king, Admetus, who is able to escape death because his wife, Alcestis, has volunteered to die in his place. Ted Hughes's version goes beyond translation to an inspired rethinking of the story in terms of his own vision o...

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