Admetus

[ ad-mee-tuhs ]

nounClassical Mythology.
  1. a Thessalian king, one of the Argonauts and husband of Alcestis.

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How to use Admetus in a sentence

  • It is only to transact some higher business that even Apollo dare play the truant from Admetus.

    The Pocket R.L.S. | Robert Louis Stevenson
  • But Admetus asked no questions, only made the youth his head shepherd and treated him with all kindness.

  • Apollo agreed to these terms, and Admetus, knowing the conditions on which the gift was made, accepted his immortality gladly.

  • Pen, 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 Gallienne
  • Then Hermes made designs on Apollo's herd of cattle which were grazing in the same place as the cattle of Admetus.

British Dictionary definitions for Admetus

Admetus

/ (ædˈmiːtəs) /


noun
  1. Greek myth a king of Thessaly, one of the Argonauts, who was married to Alcestis

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