Admetus
Mortal man
In Greek mythology, Admetus (; Ancient Greek: Ἄδμητος, lit. 'the untameable') was a king of Pherae in Thessaly.
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Mentions in the Iliad
A. T. Murray, Loeb Classical Library, Harvard University Press, 1924 · Homer, Iliad with an English Translation · CC BY-SA 3.0 US
“And with him there followed forty black ships. And they that dwelt in Pherae beside the lake Boebeïs, and in Boebe, and Glaphyrae, and well-built Iolcus, these were led by the dear son of Admetus with eleven ships, even by Eumelus, whom Alcestis, queenly among women, bare to Admetus,”
“But do ye others make yourselves ready throughout the host, whosoever of the Achaeans hath trust in his horses and his jointed car. So spake the son of Peleus, and the swift charioteers bestirred them. Upsprang, for the first, Eumelus, king of men, Admetus' dear son, a man well-skilled in horsemanship”
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And with him there followed forty black ships. And they that dwelt in Pherae beside the lake Boebeïs, and in Boebe, and Glaphyrae, and well-built Iolcus, these were led by the dear son of Admetus with eleven ships, even by Eumelus, whom Alcestis, queenly among women, bare to Admetus,
But do ye others make yourselves ready throughout the host, whosoever of the Achaeans hath trust in his horses and his jointed car. So spake the son of Peleus, and the swift charioteers bestirred them. Upsprang, for the first, Eumelus, king of men, Admetus' dear son, a man well-skilled in horsemanship
for slowest of all were his fair-maned horses, and himself least skilled to drive a chariot in the race. And the son of Admetus came in last, behind all the rest, dragging his fair chariot and driving his horses before him. And at sight of him swift-footed, goodly Achilles had pity
Il. 2.714 · Il. 23.289 · Il. 23.532
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In art
Heinrich Füger. Alcestis sacrifices herself for Admetus. Vienna Museum. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115045860
Admetus Alcestis MAN Napoli Inv9026. Naples National Archaeological Museum. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133278328
Admetus and Alcestis, Apollo and Diane. Naples National Archaeological Museum. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26068156
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Sources and verification
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- Wikipedia · Admetus of Pherae · CC BY-SA 4.0
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