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 possib ...

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

Le Misanthrope ''The Misanthrope, or the Cantankerous Lover'' (; ) 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 by the King's Players. The play satirizes the ...

'' 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 *''Alceste'', a 1768 opera by Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi *''Alceste'', a 1922 opera by Rutland Boughton

Other uses

* Alcestis or Alceste, a princess in Greek mythology * ''Alceste'' (trilobite), a trilobite genus * French ship ''Alceste'', several ships * HMS ''Alceste'', several ships

People with the given name

* Alceste De Ambris, Italian socialist {{disambiguation, given name