Admetus of Pherae
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In Greek mythology, Admetus was a king of Pherae in Thessaly.
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)
Apollo and the Cattle of Admetus by Cornelius van Poelenburgh (1620)
Hercules Wrestling with Death for the Body of Alcestis by Frederic Lord Leighton, England (c. 1869–1871)
Apollo
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Apollo is one of the Olympian deities in ancient Greek religion and mythology. His numerous functions include light, healing, prophecy, music, poetry, and archery. He is the son of Leto and Zeus, and
Admetus of Pherae
…who led a contingent from Pherae to fight in the Trojan War. He also had a daughter Perimele. Admetus was famed for his hospitality and justice. When Apollo was sentenced to a year of servitude to a mortal as punishment for killing Delphyne, or as later tradition has it, the Cyclopes, the god was sent to…
Apollo Belvedere, a 2nd-century CE Roman copy of a Greek original from c. 330 BCE
Apollo, fresco from Pompeii, 1st century AD
Statue of Apollo Sauroctonus attributed to Praxiteles c. 340 BC, Cleveland Museum of Art
Chryselephantine statue of Apollo in Delphi, mid-6th century B.C.