Admete (Oceanid)
In Greek mythology, Admete (/ædˈmiːtiː/; Ancient Greek: Ἀδμήτη "the unbroken" or "unwedded, untamed") or Admeta, was one of the Oceanids, daughters of Oceanus and Tethys.[1] Along with her other sisters, she was one of the companions of Persephone in Sicily when the god Hades abducted the daughter of Demeter.[2] Hyginus in the preface to his fables calls her Admeto.[3] Admete represented unwedded maidens while her sister Zeuxo represented the yoke of marriage.[4]
References
- Hesiod, Theogony 349.
- Homeric Hymn to Demeter, 421
- Hyginus. Fabulae, Preface
- "OCEANIDS (Okeanides) - Water Nymphs of Greek Mythology". www.theoi.com. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
Sources
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Admete". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
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