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Alcestis (play)
''Alcestis'' (; , ''Alkēstis'') is an Athenian tragedy by the ancient Greek playwright Euripides.〔Banham (1998, 353).〕 It was first produced at the City Dionysia festival in 438 BCE. Euripides presented it as the final part of a tetralogy of unconnected plays in the competition of tragedies, for which he won second prize; this arrangement was exceptional, as the fourth part was normally a satyr play.〔Fitts (1960b, 143), Banham (1998, 353), and Brockett and Hildy (2003, 16–17, 37).〕 Its ambiguous, tragicomic tone—which may be "cheerfully romantic" or "bitterly ironic"—has earned it the label of a "problem play."〔Banham (1998, 353) and Brockett and Hildy (2003, 37).〕 ''Alcestis'' is, possibly excepting the ''Rhesus'', the oldest surviving work by Euripides, although at the time of its first performance he had been producing plays for 17 years.〔Banham (1998, 352) and Brockett and Hildy (2003, 16).〕
==Events prior to the start of the play==
Long before the start of the play, King Admetus was granted by the Fates the privilege of living past the allotted time of his death. The Fates were persuaded to allow this by the god Apollo (who got them drunk). This unusual bargain was struck after Apollo was exiled from Olympus for nine years and spent the time in the service of the Thessalian king, a man renowned for his hospitality who treated Apollo well. Apollo wishes to repay Admetus' hospitality and offers him freedom from death. The gift, however, comes with a price: Admetus must find someone to take his place when Death comes to claim him.
The time of Admetus' death comes and he still has not found a willing substitute. His father, Pheres, is unwilling to step in and thinks that it is ludicrous that he should be asked to give up the life he enjoys so much as part of this strange deal. Finally, Admetus' devoted wife Alcestis agrees to be taken in his place because she wishes not to leave her children fatherless or be bereft of her lover. At the start of the play, she is close to death.
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