Admetus
a Thessalian king, one of the Argonauts and husband of Alcestis.
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It is only to transact some higher business that even Apollo dare play the truant from Admetus.
The Pocket R.L.S. | Robert Louis StevensonBut Admetus asked no questions, only made the youth his head shepherd and treated him with all kindness.
Stories of Old Greece and Rome | Emilie Kip BakerApollo agreed to these terms, and Admetus, knowing the conditions on which the gift was made, accepted his immortality gladly.
Stories of Old Greece and Rome | Emilie Kip BakerPen, you will remember, was full of the oppressions of genius, of Apollo being tied down to such an Admetus as Bungay.
Prose Fancies | Richard Le GallienneThen Hermes made designs on Apollo's herd of cattle which were grazing in the same place as the cattle of Admetus.
Hesiod, The Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | Homer and Hesiod
British Dictionary definitions for Admetus
/ (ædˈmiːtəs) /
Greek myth a king of Thessaly, one of the Argonauts, who was married to Alcestis
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