Alcestis married Admetus and bore him children. She volunteered to die in his place when his fated hour came, becoming the archetype of wifely devotion.
Thanatos came to claim Alcestis, who had volunteered to die in place of her husband Admetus. Heracles later wrestled Thanatos at her tomb to restore her to the living.
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