Admetus of Epirus
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Admetus(Άδμητος;c.470-430 BC) waskingof theancient Greek tribeof theMolossiansat the time thatThemistocles(524–459 BC) was the effective ruler ofAthens.When Themistocles was in control of Athens, Admetus had opposed him, but without any rancour.
Later Themistocles, when fleeing from the Athenian officers who were ordered to seize him when he had been accused of being a party to the treason ofPausanias,found himself unable to stay inCorcyra.So Themistocles travelled toEpirusand found his only hope of refuge was the house of Admetus. As Admetus was absent, Admetus' queen, Phthia, welcomed Themistocles. On his return to Epirus, Admetus assured Themistocles of his protection.
According toPlutarch,Admetus ignored everything that the Athenian andLacedaemoniancommissioners, who arrived at Epirus soon afterwards, could say; and later Admetus arranged for Themistocles to be safely sent toPydnaon his way to thePersiancourt.[1][2][3]
References
[edit]- ^Thucydides,i. 136, 137.
- ^Plutarch.Themistocles,24.
- ^Clough, Arthur Hugh (1867),"Admetus (2)",in Smith, William (ed.),Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology,vol. 1, Boston, p. 19, archived fromthe originalon 2009-07-01,retrieved2009-07-09
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Sources
[edit]This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain:Smith, William,ed. (1870). "Admetus (2)".Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.