The Alcestis of Euripides (Murray 1920)/Characters
ALCESTIS
CHARACTERS OF THE PLAY
Admêtus, King of Pherae in Thessaly.
Alcestis, daughter of Pelias, his wife.
Pherês, his father, formerly King but now in retirement.
Two Children, his son and daughter.
A Manservant in his house.
A Handmaid.
The Hero Heracles.
The God Apollo.
Thanatos or Death.
Chorus, consisting of Elders of Pherae.
“The play was first performed when Glaukînos was Archon, in the 2nd year of the 85th Olympiad (438 B.C.). Sophocles was first, Euripides second with the Cretan Women, Alcmaeon in Psophis, Telephus and Alcestis. . . . The play is somewhat Satyric in character.”