Pherae
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ADMETUS, King of Pherae, was com� peting with other royal suitors for the hand of Pelias' daughter Alcestis.
From Time Magazine Archive
And at the time when she was making for Pherae, exulting in the breeze from Zeus, there appeared to them below the clouds the steep mountain of Ithaca, and Dulichium and Same and wooded Zacynthus.
From Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica by Evelyn-White, Hugh G. (Hugh Gerard)
Alcestis was the wife of Admetus, King of Pherae, who, according to the legend, was assured that his life might be prolonged, provided father, mother, or wife would die in his stead.
From A Book of Golden Deeds by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
There were further, in Alexander’s army, artillerymen with a battering train, engineers and departmental troops, and also a medical service, an improvement attributed to Jason of Pherae.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various
Alcestis, daughter of Pelias, was won to wife by Admetus, King of Pherae, who complied with her father's demand that he should come to claim her in a chariot drawn by lions and boars.
From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by Purves, D. Laing
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