Best known for his faithful wife, this is--for 10 points--what king of Pherae whose queen, Alcestis, agreed to die in his place only to be saved by Heracles?
His son Eumelus brought what were said to be the fastest horses at the Trojan War. With the help of Apollo, he gained his wife by yoking a lion and boar to a chariot. This because he had been a kind master when the god was made to serve him to atone for killing the Cyclops. Best known for his faithful wife, this is--for 10 points--what king of Pherae whose queen, Alcestis, agreed to die in his place only to be saved by Heracles?
His son Eumelus brought what were said to be the fastest horses at the Trojan War.
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