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    Alcestis
    Alcestis
    Alcestis
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    Alcestis

    Written by Euripides

    Narrated by LibriVox Community

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    Alcestis is the earliest surviving play by Euripides. Alcestis, the devoted wife of King Admetus, has agreed to die in his place, and at the beginning of the play she is close to death. In the first scene, Apollo argues with Thanatos (Death), asking to prolong Alcestis' life, but Thanatos refuses. Apollo leaves, but suggests that a man will come to Pherae who will save Alcestis. Euripides' play is perhaps the most unusual Greek drama ever written: a tragedy that is not a tragedy. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett)

    Cast
    Admetus: Todd
    Alcestis/Chorus: Elizabeth Klett
    Pheres: Bruce Pirie
    Little Boy: Lyn Silva
    Manservant: bala
    Handmaid: Arielle Lipshaw
    Heracles: mb
    Apollo: Libby Gohn
    Thanatos: engineerdst
    Chorus Leader: Caprisha Page
    Narrator: David Lawrence

    Audio edited by Elizabeth Klett

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLibriVox
    Release dateAug 25, 2014
    Author

    Euripides

    Euripides was a tragedian of classical Athens. He was born on Salamis Island around 480 BC to his mother, Cleito, and father, Mnesarchus, a retailer who lived in a village near Athens. He had two disastrous marriages, and both his wives—Melite and Choerine (the latter bearing him three sons)—were unfaithful. He became a recluse, making a home for himself in a cave on Salamis. Along with Aeschylus and Sophocles, he is one of the three ancient Greek tragedians for whom any plays have survived in full. He became, in the Hellenistic Age, a cornerstone of ancient literary education. The details of his death are uncertain.

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