Admetus

American  

[ad-mee-tuhs] / ædˈmi təs /

noun

Classical Mythology.

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

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Admetus British  

/ ædˈmiːtəs /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

Another section looks at supposedly illicit desire, including homosexuality, which is seen in a delightfully frank woodcut of a male bath scene by Durer, in which the men are looking at each other with more than common interest, and in an engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi of Apollo and Admetus, a trope of same-sex desire borrowed from Greek mythology.

From Washington Post

Two dancers, Lindsey Jones and Weaver Rhodes, fleshed out the silent roles of Alceste and Admetus, the lovers separated by death and then reunited.

From New York Times

"The Herdsman of Admetus," 138.Prestel,

From Project Gutenberg

Jason, Nestor, Peleus, Admetus, Theseus, Pirithous, and many other noted heroes, came at his call; but the attention of all the spectators was specially attracted by Castor and Pollux, and by the fair Atalanta, daughter of Iasius, King of Arcadia.

From Project Gutenberg

A province of Greece, 311; fight of the gods in, 23; Admetus, king of, 64; Ceyx, king of, 211; Æson, king of, 263, 273; Protesilaus of, 316.

From Project Gutenberg