Alcestis
Daughter of
king Pelias of Iolcus (Volos) and wife of king Admetus of Pherae. The king
was good friends with Apollo after the god had served him to make amends with
Zeus, whose sons the cyclops he had killed, and on his deathbed Apollo made
the moirae let Pelias live if someone elso would die in his place. Alcestis
then volunteered immediately, only to be saved by Hercules later on.-Demeter