person
Alcestis
Wife of Admetus of Pherae (the 'Pagasaean wife'), who died in her husband's place — the model of wifely devotion.
Reading notes
- The Art of Love §3.1 Pagasaean wife
Alcestis, who died in place of her husband Admetus and was carried to his pyre.
- Letters from the Black Sea §3.1 Admetus's wife
Alcestis, wife of Admetus, who died in her husband's place; the supreme exemplum of wifely self-sacrifice, which Ovid's wife is spared the need to imitate.