Aidoneus

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[ey-i-doh-nee-uhs, -nyoos] / ˌeɪ ɪˈdoʊ ni əs, -nyus /

noun

Classical Mythology.

1. a king of Thesprotia.

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Example Sentences

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 Colum, Padraic

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 Colum, Padraic

Aidoneus agreed, and Theseus, when set free, returned to Athens, where he found that his party was not yet overpowered.

From Plutarch's Lives, Volume I by Stewart, Aubrey

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

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

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 Alger, William Rounseville