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Admetus
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Encyclopedic overview
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, lit. 'the untameable') was a king of Pherae in Thessaly.
Biography
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