 Seeing the tears of his wife, the king, much weakened and aware of his situation, tells Alceste not to cry and assures her that he will have been happy to die for her.Apollo enters the scene and announces to the king that he has permitted him to escape death, on the condition that someone agree to die in his stead.At this prospect, the Arts appear and raise up a monument to the glory of the person who would sacrifice himself or herself for Admète

"The scene is of a great monument erected by the Arts.