Admetus (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Admetus (/ædˈmiːtəs/; Ancient Greek: Ἄδμητος Admetos, "untamed", "untameable") may refer to:
- Admetus, king of Pherae in Thessaly.[1]
- Admetus, a Trojan warrior and son of Augeias. He was killed by Philoctetes during the night of the siege of Troy.[2]
Notes
- Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.10.4
- Epic Cycle Fragments, The Little Iliad fr.12 as cited in Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 10.25.5 & 10.27.1
References
- Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Pseudo-Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
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