ADMETUS  , in See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend, son of Pheres, See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of Pherae in See also:

• THESSALY

Thessaly . By the aid of See also:

• APOLLO (Gr. 'A2r6XXwv,'Airkkhwv)

Apollo, who served him as a slave—either as a See also:

• PUNISHMENT (from Lat. punire, to punish, from poena, punishment, Gr. 7rocvil)

punishment for having slain the See also:

• CYCLOPES (KUKXW9rer, the round-eyed, plural of Cyclops)

Cyclopes, or out of See also:

• AFFECTION (Lat. ad, and facere, to do something to, sc. a person)

affection for his mortal See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master—he won the See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand of See also:

• ALCESTIS (A1,CEST1s)

Alcestis, the most beautiful of the daughters of See also:

• PELIAS

Pelias, king of Iolcus . When Admetus was attacked by an illness that threatened to See also:

• LEAD
• LEAD (pronounced iced)

lead to his premature See also:

• DEATH

death, Apollo persuaded the Moerae (Fates) to prolong his See also:

• LIFE

life, provided any one could be found to See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

die in his See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place . His parents refused, but Alcestis consented . She is said to have been rescued from the hands of Death by Heracles, who arrived upon the See also:

• SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene at an opportune moment; a later See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story represents her as cured of a dangerous illness by his skill . See also:

• HOMER, WINSLOW (1836-191o)

Homer, Iliad, ii . 715; See also:

• APOLLODORUS

Apollodorus, i . 9; See also:

• EURIPIDES (48o–4o6 B.C.)

Euripides, Alcestis; See also:

• PLUTARCH
• PLUTARCH (Gr. llXoi rapxos) (c. A.D. 46–120)

Plutarch, Amatorius, 17; Dissel, Der Mythus von Admetos and Alkestis, progr . See also:

• BRANDENBURG

Brandenburg, 1882 .