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Admetus treated Apollo well, and, in return, the god conferred great benefits on Admetus.
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Admetus and Apollo
Apollo helped Admetus win Alcestis, the daughter of King Pelias and later convinced the Fates to let Admetus live past his time, if another took his place.
Apollo was then forced into the servitude of Admetus for one year.
When Apollo was sentenced to a year of servitude to a mortal as punishment for killing Delphyne, or as later tradition has it, the Cyclops, the god chose Admetus ' home and became his herdsman.
Apollo in recompense for Admetus ' treatment — the Hellenistic poet Callimachus of Alexandria makes him Apollo's eromenos — made all the cows bear twins while he served as his cowherd.
Apollo also helped Admetus win the hand of Alcestis, the daughter of Pelias, king of Iolcus.
Apollo harnessed the yoke with the animals and Admetus drove the chariot to Pelias, and thus married Alcestis.
The offended goddess filled the bridal chamber with snakes and again, Apollo came to Admetus ' aid.
Apollo advised Admetus to sacrifice to Artemis, and the goddess removed the snakes.
The greatest aid Apollo gave to Admetus was persuading the Fates to reprieve Admetus of his fated day of death.
According to Aeschylus Apollo made the Fates drunk, and the Fates agreed to reprieve Admetus if he could find someone to die in his place.
The man who would do this, King Admetus, was helped by Apollo, who had been banished from Olympus for 9 years to serve as a shepherd to Admetus.
Apollo again helped the newly wed king, this time by making the Fates drunk, extracting from them a promise that if anyone would want to die instead of Admetus, they would allow it.
For this act, Zeus suspended Apollo from the night sky and commanded Apollo to serve Admetus, King of Thessaly for a year.
Landscape with Apollo Guarding the Herds of Admetus and Mercury stealing them ( 1645 )
" Eve at the Fountain " In 1811 he gained the Royal Academy gold medal for a model of Hercules restoring Alcestis to Admetus, and soon after exhibited Apollo discharging his Arrows against the Greeks and Hercules casting Lichas into the Sea.
Apollo wishes to repay Admetus ' hospitality and offers him freedom from death.
In the play's prologue, the god Apollo comes out from Admetus ' palace in Pherae ( modern Velestino in Magnesia ), dressed in white and carrying his golden bow, with the intention of leaving to avoid becoming stained by the imminent death of Alcestis, who is being comforted within.
Admetus and return
When Death came to take Alcestis away, Hercules wrestled him and forced him to return Alcestis, allowing Admetus and Alecetis to be reunited.
" Lovers may even sacrifice their lives for the beloved: Alcestis was willing to die for her husband Admetus, and the gods rewarded her by allowing her to return from Hades.
Alceste also has no role for the castrato voice, although Gluck would return to using a castrato in his next opera, Paride ed Elena, and even rewrite the tenor role of Admetus for the soprano castrato Giuseppe Millico, in the 1770 revival of Alceste in Vienna.
Admetus and god
He repaid the honor Admetus had done to him by wrestling with Thanatos until the god agreed to release Alcestis, then led her back into the mortal world.
Admetus and on
* Heracles visited the house of Admetus on the day Admetus ' wife, Alcestis, had agreed to die in his place.
Admetus, however, allowed Themistocles to escape, giving him a large sum of gold to aid him on his way.
Admetus and .
During this time he served as shepherd for King Admetus of Pherae in Thessaly.
But when it came time for Admetus to die, his parents, whom he had assumed would gladly die for him, refused to cooperate.
Among these are Admetus, who assisted in the hunt for the Calydonian Boar ; Adonis ; Corythus ; and Nestor, who was said to have been loved for his wisdom.
Perhaps realising he had little hope of surviving this trial, Themistocles fled, first to Kerkyra, and thence to Admetus, king of Molossia.
The Spartans sent ambassadors to Admetus, threatening that the whole of Greece would go to war with the Molossians unless they surrendered Themistocles.
* Eumelus-Son of Admetus and King of Pherae.
In Greek mythology, Admetus (; Greek: Admetos, " untamed ", " untameable ") was a king of Pherae in Thessaly, succeeding his father Pheres after whom the city was named.
Admetus was one of the Argonauts and took part in the Calydonian Boar hunt.
Etruscan vase depiction of the farewell of Admetus and Alcestis.
Admetus was famed for his hospitality and justice.
Admetus, however, neglected to sacrifice to Artemis.
treated and Apollo
This unusual bargain was struck after Apollo was exiled from Olympus for nine years and spent the time in the service of the Thessalian king, a man renowned for his hospitality who treated Apollo well.
treated and well
Here, for the most part, they were well treated, as a `` reminder of the Old Testament heritage of Christianity '' ; ;
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" The 3, 000 Italian prisoners, who included General Albertone, appear to have been treated as well as could be expected under difficult circumstances, though about 200 died of their wounds in captivity.
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Given that the vast majority of all emeralds are treated as described above, and the fact that two stones that appear visually similar may actually be quite far apart in treatment level and therefore in value, a consumer considering a purchase of an expensive emerald is well advised to insist upon a treatment report from a reputable gemological laboratory.
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Slaves were not particularly well treated by the colonists and revolts or the act of organizing one was severely repressed and punished.
In comparison to most other knives which are commonly heat treated to a very high degree of hardness, this results in a tougher blade more resistant to chipping and breaking, with an edge that is easier to sharpen but does not retain sharpness as well, due to its lower hardness.
He reported that he was treated well in the Russian prison.
Chiefs often had twenty or thirty concubines whom they shared freely with visitors, yet they treated their wives well.
" ( p. 432 ) The paper ends with a call to action: " Pain can be treated not only by trying to cut down the sensory input by anesthetic block, surgical intervention and the like, but also by influencing the motivational-affective and cognitive factors as well.
In such cases, even if a service member had received actual wounds in combat, both the award of the Purple Heart, as well as the entire visit to the hospital which treated the enemy wound, would never be recorded in official records.
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In the millennia-old Aristotelian tradition, as well as early modern traditions that follow it, substances or ousia are treated as having attributes and modes or things.
The targumim of Psalms, Proverbs, and Job are generally treated as a unit, as are the targumim of the five scrolls ( Esther has a longer " Second Targum " as well.
This " reflection on the destructive aspect of progress " proceeded through chapter which treated rationality as both the liberation from and further domination of nature, interpretations of both Homer ’ s Odyssey and the Marquis de Sade, as well as analyses of the culture industry and anti-semitism.
These fragmentary writings, inspired by a renewed reading of Nietzsche, treated issues like emigration, totalitarianism and individuality, as well as everyday matters such as giving presents, dwelling and the impossibility of love.
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