XEE4409220 Great Greek tragedies: ???lceste??????by Euripides. Apollo had obtained from the Parques that Admete, king of Pheres, who was dear to him, would not die if, on the day of his trepas, someone consented to die for him. Admete\'s wife, Alceste, stood up to save her husband, but Hercules, touched so much love and devouement, pulled him out of the Underworld after the sacrifice had been made, and brought her back to her beloved bride. Chromolithography of the late 19th century. by Unknown Artist, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Great Greek tragedies: ???lceste??????by Euripides. Apollo had obtained from the Parques that Admete, king of Pheres, who was dear to him, would not die if, on the day of his trepas, someone consented to die for him. Admete\'s wife, Alceste, stood up to save her husband, but Hercules, touched so much love and devouement, pulled him out of the Underworld after the sacrifice had been made, and brought her back to her beloved bride. Chromolithography of the late 19th century.); Stefano Bianchetti.