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The Meanings of σώιζειν in Alcestis’ Final Scene

Abstract: In the final scene of Alcestis, while handing him his recovered wife, Heracles tells Admetus: ‘keep her safe’ (σῶιζε). This verb has a very marked meaning in the play, the plot of which focuses on saviours of different kinds (Apollo, Alcestis, Heracles). Heracles’ ironical exhortation to Admetus shows that Euripides is interested in contrasting different conceptions of salvation in fifth-century Athens, which are all ultimately useless towards death – except when predicated upon philia.