There has been some controversy about the end, which may represent either the title character reneging on his vows or the actual resurrection of his wife.
There has been some controversy about the end, which may represent either the title character reneging on his vows or the actual resurrection of his wife.* Modern readers have wondered how the title character is able to inspire the devotion that others feel for him, especially in his wife, but also in the god Apollo and Herakles. FTP, what is this play by Euripides, which has been described as both a satyr play and a melodrama and which tells the story of a man famed for his xenia or hospitality?
There has been some controversy about the end, which may represent either the title character reneging on his vows or the actual resurrection of his wife.
Alcestis