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Alcestis.
Alcestis, for Admetos.
She wasn't a goddess - she was a mortal queen named Alcestis.
In the movie (Titanic) the sacrifice is the other way around, anyhow the male character dies, more or less accidentally, falling from a rope ladder, but the girl is rescued, this is the payload of the plot, the larger ship sinking in the background,.
The final labor of Heracles was to bring Kerberos (Cerberus), the guard of the underworld, to the court of Eurystheus. Smartly, Heracles asked Hades for permission to remove the guard from his post, to which Hades agreed, on the condition Heracles used no weapons. Heracles overpowered the beast, slung him over his shoulder and dragged him from the underworld. Eurystheus was so afraid that he jumped into a jar and stayed there until Heracles removed the beast.
she agreed because her husband was on the journey
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If she agreed to sign it, she still has to. The ex husband's heirs can enforce the agreement on behalf of his estate.
She adapted to new circumstances by convincing herself that she agreed with her husband's views.
Marriage is a partnership which infers that both parties have agreed to the circumstances of the partnership. The answer to the question is yes, a husband can be superior to his wife (or vice versa) it they both agree that this will be what they want.
Helen's suitors agreed to make an oath to support the man Helen chose as her husband and to defend their marriage against any who might seek to harm it.
Queen Alcestis; who had agreed to die in place of her husband Admetus. Also Theseus; at the same time as the Cerberus adventure.