Admetus

[ ad-mee-tuhs ]

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noun

, Classical Mythology.

Admetus

/ ædˈmiːtəs /

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

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

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.

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

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