Admetus

Family: Molossian · Role: king · First appears: Book 1 · Chapter 5 · Part 3

Soon afterwards, Themistocles sought refuge at Admetus’s house, though they were not on friendly terms. Admetus was not indoors; his wife instructed Themistocles to take their child in his arms and sit by the hearth.

Relationship record

Life events

• Themistocles sought refuge at Admetus's house, and Admetus's wife made him a suppliant.(Book 1 · Chapter 5 · Part 3)
  • With: Themistocles
  • “Admetus happened not to be indoors, but his wife, to whom he made himself a suppliant, instructed him to take their child in his arms and sit down by the hearth.”

Book 1 · Chapter 5 · Part 3

• with Themistocles (Themistocles sought refuge at Admetus's house.) “Pursued by the officers who hung on the report of his movements, at a loss where to turn, he was compelled to stop at the house of Admetus, the Molossian king, though they were not on friendly terms.”
• enemies with Themistocles “he was compelled to stop at the house of Admetus, the Molossian king, though they were not on friendly terms.”

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Extracted from the original text of History of the Peloponnesian War. Made with Rho MD.