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1 | Francis, Leslie | Poverty, age discrimination, and health care | In Euripides' play Alcestis, Alcestis' middle-aged husband, Admetus, is told by the gods that it is his turn to die next. Admetus bargains a reprieve, promising in exchange to find another soul to take his place. His friends all turn him down. So do his father and mother. Admetus rebukes his father... | Alcesti, Section, Objective | 1985 |