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ADMETUS , in See also:Greek See also: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. By the aid of See also:Apollo, who served him as a slave—either as a See also:punishment for having slain the See also:Cyclopes, or out of See also:affection for his mortal master—he won the See also:hand of See also:Alcestis, the most beautiful of the daughters of See also:Pelias, king of Iolcus. When Admetus was attacked by an illness that threatened to See also:lead to his premature See also:death, Apollo persuaded the Moerae (Fates) to prolong his See also:life, provided any one could be found to See also:die in his See also: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 at an opportune moment; a later See also:story represents her as cured of a dangerous illness by his skill.
See also:Homer, Iliad, ii. 715; See also:Apollodorus, i. 9; See also:Euripides, Alcestis; See also:Plutarch, Amatorius, 17; Dissel, Der Mythus von Admetos and Alkestis, progr. See also:Brandenburg, 1882.
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