Admetus' house in Euripides' Alcestis

Abstract

This article puts forward the supposition that Euripides linked the name of Admetus, the main character in Alcestis, with the designation of the house, and examines the major role that the image of the house plays in the tragedy. This image is associated with the main theme of the play, the theme of hospitality, and expresses on stage the moral confict of the work — a confict between moral obligations that contradict each other.