alcestis (daughter of pelias)

Alcestis was the fairest among the daughters of Pelias, king of Iolcus. She was the wife of Admetus by whom she bore a son, Eumelus, a participant in the siege of Troy, and a daughter, Perimele

Characters

Jason (argonaut)

Jason was an ancient Greek mythological hero who was the leader of the Argonauts whose quest for the Golden Fleece featured in Greek literature. He was the son of Aeson, the rightful king of Iolcos. He was married to the sorceress Medea. He was also the g...
Odysseus

A legendary Greek king of Ithaca and a hero of Homers epic poem the Odyssey. Odysseus also plays a key role in Homers Iliad.Husband of Penelope, father of Telemachus, and son of Laërtes and Anticlea, Odysseus is renowned for his brilliance, gu...
Medea Of Colchis

In Greek mythology, Medea (Greek: Μήδεια, Mēdeia, Georgian: მედეა, Medea) was the daughter of King Aeëtes of Colchis, niece of Circe, granddaughter of the sun god Helios, and later wife to the hero Jason, with whom she had two children, Mermeros and Phere...
Aegeus

In Greek mythology, Aegeus (Ancient Greek: Αἰγεύς) or Aegeas (Αιγέας), was an archaic figure in the founding myth of Athens. The "goat-man" who gave his name to the Aegean Sea was, next to Poseidon, the father of Theseus, the founder of Athenian instituti...
Silenus

In Greek mythology, Silenus was a companion and tutor to the wine god Dionysus. He is typically older than the satyrs of the Dionysian retinue (thiasos), and sometimes considerably older, in which case he may be referred to as a Papposilenus. The plural s...
Heracles

Heracles (Ancient Greek: Ἡρακλῆς, Hēraklēs, from Hēra, "Hera", and kleos, "glory"), was a divine hero in Greek mythology, the son of Zeus and Alcmene, foster son of Amphitryon and great-grandson (and half-brother) of Perseus. He was the greatest of the Gr...
Creon

Creon is a figure in Greek mythology best known as the ruler of Thebes in the legend of Oedipus. He had four sons and three daughters with his wife, Eurydice (sometimes known as Henioche). Creon and his sister, Jocasta, were descendants of Cadmus and of t...
Thanatos (greek Mythology)

In Greek mythology, Thanatos (Ancient Greek: Θάνατος, Thánatos, "Death") was the daemon personification of death. His name is transliterated in Latin as Thanatus, but his equivalent in Roman mythology is Mors or Letus/Letum. Thanatos is a son of Nyx (Nigh...
Apollo (greek God)

The ideal of the kouros (a beardless, athletic youth), Apollo has been variously recognized as a god of music, truth and prophecy, healing, the sun and light, plague, poetry, and more. Apollo is the son of Zeus and Leto, and has a twin sister, the chaste ...
Alcestis (daughter Of Pelias)

Alcestis was the fairest among the daughters of Pelias, king of Iolcus. She was the wife of Admetus by whom she bore a son, Eumelus, a participant in the siege of Troy, and a daughter, Perimele...
Admetus

In Greek mythology, Admetus was a king of Pherae in Thessaly.Admetus succeeded his father Pheres after whom the city was named. He was one of the Argonauts and took part in the Calydonian Boar hunt. Admetus wife Alcestis offered to substitute her ow...
Eumelus (son Of Admetus)

Eumelus (son of Admetus), who succeeded Admetus as the King of Pherae. He led Pherae and Iolcus in the Trojan War on the side of the Greeks. He was the husband of Iphthime and the son of Admetus and Alcestis. He was one of the "suitors of Helen" and was f...
Pheres (father Of Admetus)

In Greek mythology, Pheres, son of Cretheus and Tyro and brother of Aeson and Amythaon, was the founder of Pherae in Thessaly.He fled there from Iolcus after his half-brother, Pelias, seized the throne. He married Periclymene, daughter of Minyas, and beca...