Alceste may refer to:

Literature

* ''Alcestis'' (play), a 438 BC play by Euripides *Alceste, a character in ''

The Legend of Good Women ''The Legend of Good Women'' is a poem in the form of a dream vision by Geoffrey Chaucer during the fourteenth century. The poem is the third longest of Chaucer's works, after ''The Canterbury Tales'' and '' Troilus and Criseyde'', and is poss ...

'' by Chaucer *Alceste, a character in ''

Le Misanthrope ''The Misanthrope, or the Cantankerous Lover'' (french: Le Misanthrope ou l'Atrabilaire amoureux; ) is a 17th-century comedy of manners in verse written by Molière. It was first performed on 4 June 1666 at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal, Paris b ...

'' by Molière

Operas

* ''Alceste'' (Lully), a 1674 opera by Jean-Baptiste Lully * ''Alceste'' (Handel), a 1750 opera by George Frideric Handel * ''Alceste'' (Gluck), a 1767 opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck * ''Alceste'' (Schweitzer), a 1773 opera by Anton Schweitzer * ''Alceste'' (Strungk), a 1680 opera by

Nicolaus Adam Strungk Nicolaus Adam Strungk (christened 15 November 1640 in Braunschweig – 23 September 1700 in Dresden) was a German composer and violinist. Life Nicolaus Adam was the son of the organist Delphin Strungk. He studied organ under his father, then a ...

*''Alceste'', a 1768 opera by

Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi (9 December 1728 – 19 November 1804) was an Italian opera composer of the classical period. Biography Guglielmi was born into the Guglielmi family of musicians in Massa. His father, Jacopo Guglielmi, was a comp ...

*''Alceste'', a 1922 opera by

Rutland Boughton Rutland Boughton (23 January 187825 January 1960) was an English composer who became well known in the early 20th century as a composer of opera and choral music. He was also an influential communist activist within the Communist Party of Gre ...

Other uses

Alcestis Alcestis (; Ancient Greek: Ἄλκηστις, ') or Alceste, was a princess in Greek mythology, known for her love of her husband. Her life story was told by pseudo-Apollodorus in his '' Bibliotheca'', and a version of her death and return from t ...

or Alceste, a princess in Greek mythology * ''Alceste'' (trilobite), a trilobite genus * HMS ''Alceste'' (1793), a 32-gun fifth rate captured from the French in 1793 and sold in 1802 * HMS ''Alceste'' (1806), a 38-gun fifth rate captured in 1806 and wrecked in 1817

People with the given name

Alceste De Ambris Alceste De Ambris (15 September 1874 – 9 December 1934) was an Italian syndicalist, the brother of fascist politician Amilcare De Ambris. He had a major part to play in the agrarian strike actions of 1908 in Parma. Life De Ambris was born ...

, Italian socialist {{disambiguation, given name