Aidoneus

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[ay-i-doh-nee-uhs, -nyoos] / ˌeɪ ɪˈdoʊ ni əs, -njus /

noun

Classical Mythology.

1. a king of Thesprotia.

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Aidoneus

Aidoneus snatched the maiden Kore down to his gloomy empire.

From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by William Rounseville Alger

Once they had been nymphs and had tended Persephone before she was carried off by Aidoneus to be his queen in the Underworld.

From The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles by Padraic Colum

Then Aidoneus the Ruler of Many openly got ready his deathless horses beneath the golden chariot.

From Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica by Hugh G. (Hugh Gerard) Evelyn-White

There, too, stands the hall of the lord of the Underworld, Aidoneus, the brother of Zeus.

From The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles by Padraic Colum

Then, last of all, Zeus sent Hermes into the kingdom of the dead, to persuade Aidoneus to suffer his bride to return to the light of day.

From Greek Studies: a Series of Essays by Walter Pater

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