Admetus of Pherae

For other uses, see Admetus (disambiguation).
Alcestis and Admetus, ancient Roman fresco from the Augusteum in Herculaneum, Italy
Herkules entreißt Alkestis dem Totengott Thanatos und führt sie dem Admetus zu by Johann Heinrich Tischbein (circa 1780)

In Greek mythology, Admetus (/ædˈmiːtəs/; Ancient Greek: Ἄδμητος Admētos means 'untamed, untameable')[1][2] was a king of Pherae in Thessaly.[3]

  1. ^ Robert Graves, The Greek Myths rev. ed. 1960 (index).
  2. ^ Karl Kerenyi, The Gods of the Greeks, 1951:138.
  3. ^ Apollonius Rhodius, 1.49