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Ἄλκηστις (Alcestis) influenced The Silent Patient
Added by Media Influence Map · 6 October 2026
The evidence
Alex Michaelides has said Euripides' Alcestis, a play that had held him since childhood, inspired the novel: a woman who returns from death and never speaks again. Alicia's only statement after the murder is a self-portrait she titles Alcestis.
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