 Many suitors appeared before King [[Pelias]] and tried to woo Alcestis when she came of age to marry.It was declared by her father that she would marry the first man to yoke a lion and a boar (or a bear in some cases) to a chariot.The man who would do this, [[Admetus|King Admetus]], was helped by [[Apollo]], who had been banished from Olympus for one year to serve as a shepherd to Admetus.