EURIPIDES Alceste. Apollo had obtained from the Fates that Admetus; king of Thessaly; if not die on the day of his passing someone had agreed to die for him. Was Alceste; wife of King Admetus; to offer his life to save him. Image Hercules; touched by so much love; after the age of sacrifice takes Alceste from hell to return to her husband. Nuts for Soup Company LIEBIG. Chromos; Liebig figurine series "The great Greek tragedians;" n. 6; Italy 1931