person
Admetus
King of Pherae in Thessaly, in whose service Apollo herded cattle for a year as a penance.
Reading notes
- The Art of Love §2.12 Admetus
King of Pherae in Thessaly, in whose service Apollo (Phoebus) herded cattle.
- Metamorphoses §8.205 son of Pheres
Admetus, son of Pheres, king of Pherae in Thessaly.
- Sorrows §5.14 Admetus
Husband of Alcestis, who died in his place; his wife is named among the immortal models of wifely love.