Admetus

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English > Greek (Woodhouse)

Ἄδμητος, ὁ, or use Φερητίδης, -ου, or say, son of Pheres.

Of Admetus, adj.: Ἀδμήτειος.

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Admētus: i, m.
I In mythology, a king of Pherœ, 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.