{"product_id":"alcestis-paperback","title":"Alcestis: A Classic Greek Tragedy - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEuripides\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEuripides' \u003cem\u003eAlcestis\u003c\/em\u003e is one of the strangest and most moving works of ancient Greek drama: a tragedy of death, sacrifice, marriage, hospitality, and impossible restoration.\u003c\/strong\u003e When King Admetus is granted the chance to escape death if another will die in his place, only his wife Alcestis agrees to make the sacrifice. Her death exposes the moral weakness of those around her, the limits of heroic generosity, and the painful contradictions between love, honour, and self-preservation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst performed in Athens in 438 BCE, \u003cem\u003eAlcestis\u003c\/em\u003e occupies a distinctive place in classical drama. Though often classed as a tragedy, it ends not in ruin but in the astonishing return of Alcestis from death through the intervention of Heracles. The result is neither simple comedy nor conventional tragedy, but a haunting and ambiguous play in which grief, irony, tenderness, and mythic rescue exist side by side. For readers of Greek tragedy, classical literature, mythology, and ancient theatre, \u003cem\u003eAlcestis\u003c\/em\u003e remains an essential Euripidean work and a compelling meditation on what one life may owe another.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 30\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.07 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 12, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47773812949177,"sku":"9781617208553","price":16.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0686\/4309\/4713\/files\/6-rsmi6qsc9781617208553.webp?v=1783899293","url":"https:\/\/thoobo.com\/products\/alcestis-paperback","provider":"Thoobo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}