Admetus

[ ad-mee-tuhs ]

/ ædˈmi təs /

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noun Classical Mythology.

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

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Words nearby Admetus

adman, admass, admeasure, admeasurement, Admete, Admetus, admin, adminicle, administer, administered price, administerial

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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.
Stories of Old Greece and Rome|Emilie Kip Baker
Apollo 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 Baker
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.
Hesiod, The Homeric Hymns, and Homerica|Homer and Hesiod

British Dictionary definitions for Admetus

Admetus

/ (ædˈmiːtəs) /

noun

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

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