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Alcestis
Fiction | Play | Adult
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Why does Alcestis agree to die for Admetus? Is there evidence that she comes to regret her choice? Support your answer with evidence from the play.
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Why is Alcestis considered a “problem play?” How has the play’s undetermined genre status affected scholarship on Greek tragedy?
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