Admetus

Admētus, i, m.

• In mythology, a king of Pherae, in Thessaly, the husband of Alcestis, whose sheep Apollo was condemned by Jupiter to tend for a long time, Serv. ad Verg. G. 3, 9; id. A. 7, 761 (cf. Alcestis).—
• II In hist., a king of the Molossi, the friend and protector of Themistocles, Nep. Them. 8.

Admētus, ī, m. (Ἄδμητος), I) Herrscher von Pherä in Thessalien, Gemahl der Alkestis (der Tochter des Pelias), die sich für ihn dem Tode hingab, Hyg. fab. 173; vgl. Val. Max. 4, 6, 1: Admeti coniunx, Ov. ex Pont. 3, 1, 106: socer Admeti, Ov. Ib. 444. – II) König der Molosser, Gastfreund des Themistokles, Nep. Them. 8, 3.

Admētus, (13) ī, m. , Admète : ¶ 1 roi de Phères en Thessalie : Hyg. Fab. 173 ; Val. Max. 4, 6, 1 ; Ov. P. 3, 1, 106 ¶ 2 roi des Molosses : Nep. Them. 8. 3.

Admētus

(Ἄδμητος). (1) King of Pherae, who sued for Alcestis, the daughter of Pelias. Pelias promised her on condition that he should come in a chariot drawn by lions and boars. This task Admetus performed by the assistance of Apollo. The god tended the flocks of Admetus for nine years, when he was obliged to serve a mortal for having slain the Cyclops. Apollo prevailed upon the Moerae, or Fates, to grant to Admetus deliverance from death if his father, mother, or wife would die for him. Alcestis died in his stead, but was brought back by Heracles from the lower world. See Euripides.

(2) King of the Molossians, to whom Themistocles fled for protection when pursued as a party to the treason of Pausanias. See Themistocles.