Editing Alcestis (section)

== Cultural Reference ==
Being an early Greek myth, the story of Alcestis can represent the cultural values in Greece at the time. It is known that myths hold cultural values as ways to teach lessons and highlight morals. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Culture, Religion, & Myth: Interdisciplinary Approaches |url=https://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/CoursePack/culture.htm |access-date=2025-05-02 |website=web.cocc.edu}}</ref> In the myth of Alcestis, somebody can interpret that she symbolizes women’s roles and expectations in Greece. Alcestis’ character also shows an integral trait cherished by the Greek and desired upon any gender.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Goldfarb |first=Barry E. |date=1992 |title=The Conflict of Obligations in Euripides’ Alcestis |url=https://grbs.library.duke.edu/index.php/grbs/article/view/3621/5687 |journal=Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies |language=en |volume=33 |issue=2 |pages=109–126 |issn=2159-3159}}</ref>

Such study can also be extended to other myth characters, including Alcestis’ husband, Admetus. An analysis of Admetus can come to criticize his acceptance of Alcestis’s sacrifice. However, he is shown to realize his mistake—a development in the character to represent growth.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Lloyd |first=Michael |date=1985 |title=Euripides' 'Alcestis' |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/642438?seq=2 |journal=Greece & Rome |volume=32 |issue=2 |pages=119–131 |issn=0017-3835}}</ref>