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Note:  Do not rely on this information. It is very old.

Alcestis

Alcestis, the daughter of Pelias and Anaxitia, married Admetus (q.v.). She died for her husband, but was brought back from Hades by Heracles. Her story furnished a theme to Euripides, and in later times to Robert Browning, who dealt with it in Balaustion's Adventure.