´´´Myths´´´

I read the myth on Admetus and Alcestis and came up with one question. Did Alcestis prefer death to marriage? It seems as if though she did, offering herself for the sacrifice. It makes me feel pity for her, not because she was killed but because she ended up being saved by Hercules, giving her exactly the fate she did not want. Looks like Hercules´s acts were not so heroic after all. I also read the myth titled Antigone, which also made me wonder several things. Why did Adrastus, king of Argos, give Polynices his daughter in marriage AND support with his army when there was no apparent benefit for Adrastus for all this? Maybe there was, only that is was not mentioned. I also thought that this story was simiar to that of the Troyan War in several aspects. For example, both of the struggles started because of a woman, Helen in the Troyan War and the daughter of Adrastus in Antigone. The sacrifices also relate. In this story, Menoeceus had to offer himself in sacrifice so that victory could be a sure thing, and in the Troyan War Agammenon was asked to sacrifice his daughter, Iphigenia, so that the winds would start blowing, giving the Greeks transportation towards Troy. Finally, I read Penelope, but I did not have any comments on it, except for the fact that it was somehow comforting to know that not everyone was unfaithful to their spouse.