 Admetus was a suitor, with others, for the hand of Alcestis, the daughter of Pelias, who promised her to him who should come for her in a chariot drawn by lions and boars. This task Admetus performed by the assistance of his divine herdsman, and was made...  A classical dictionary of biography [&c.]. - Page 9by sir William Smith - 1858Full view - About this book
 | William Smith - Biography - 1850 - 1116 pages
...ArgonautsL (Apollod. i. 9. § 16 j Hygin. Fab. 14. 173.) When he had succeeded his father as king of Pherae, he sued for the hand of Alcestis, the daughter of...according to some accounts out of attachment to him (Schol. ad Eurip. Aleut. 2 ; Callim. A. in Apoll. 46, &c.), or according to others because he was obliged... | |
 | William Smith - Biography - 1853 - 1136 pages
...father as king of Pherae, he sued for the hand of Alcestis, the daughter of Pelias, who promised lier to him on condition that he should come to her in...according to some accounts out of attachment to him (Schol. ad Eurip. Alcest. 2 ; Callim. h. in Apoll. 46, &c.), or according to others because he was... | |
 | Thomas Bulfinch - Animals, Mythical - 1855 - 508 pages
...others, for the hand of Alcestis, the daughter of Pelias, who promised her to him who should come for her in a chariot drawn by lions and boars. This task Admetus performed by the assistance of his divine herdsman, and was made happy in the possession of Alcestis. But Admetus fell ill, and being... | |
 | Greek and Roman biography - Classical biography - 1861 - 1116 pages
...father as king of Pherae, he sued for the hand of Alcestis, the daughter of Pi-lias, who promised lier to him on condition that he should come to her in...Apollo, who served him according to some accounts out uf attachment to him (Schol. ml Eurip. Alcesl. '¿; Callim. /i. M Apoll. 46, &c.), or according to... | |
 | William Smith - Biography - 1867 - 1113 pages
...Argonauts. (Apollod. i. 9. § 16 ; Hygin. Fab. 14. 173.) When he had succeeded his father as king of Pherae, he sued for the hand of Alcestis, the daughter of...according to some accounts out of attachment to him (Schol. ad Eurip. Akest. 2 ; Callim. li. in Apoll. 46, &c.), or according to others because he was... | |
 | William Smith - Classical dictionaries - 1877 - 536 pages
...Thessaly, sued for Alcestis, the daughter of Pelias, who promised her on condition that he should come in a chariot drawn by lions and boars. This task Admetus performed by the assistance of Apollo. The god tended the flocks of Admetus for 9 years, when he was obliged to serve a mortal for having... | |
 | William Smith - Biography - 1880 - 1132 pages
...promised her to him on condition that he should conic to her in a chariot drawn by lions and boar». This task Admetus performed by the assistance of Apollo,...according to some accounts out of attachment to him (St-hol. ad Enrip. A loot. 2; Callim. h. in Apoll. 4fi, Лес.), or according to others because he... | |
 | William Smith - Biography - 1891 - 950 pages
...for her the girdle of Ares, which was worn by Hippolyte, queen of the Amazons. Admetns ("AS^TJTOS). 1. Son of Pheres and Periclymene or Clymene, was king...to others, because he was obliged to serve a mortal fot one year for having slain the Cyclops. On the day of his marriage with Alcestis, Admetus neglected... | |
 | Charles Mills Gayley - English poetry - 1893 - 654 pages
...others, for the hand of Alcestis, the daughter of Pelias, who promised her to him who should come for her in a chariot drawn by lions and boars. This task Admetus performed by the assistance of his divine herdsman, and was made happy in the possession of Alcestis. But Admetus fell ill, and being... | |
 | Charles Mills Gayley - English poetry - 1893 - 652 pages
...others, for the hand of Alcestis, the daughter of Pelias, who promised her to him who should come for her in a chariot drawn by lions and boars. This task Admetus performed by the assistance of his divine herdsman, and was made happy in the possession of Alcestis. But Admetus fell ill, and being... | |
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