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Ancient Greek mythological figure
In
Greek mythology , Admete (;
Ancient Greek : Ἀδμήτη means 'the unbroken, unwedded or untamed'
[1] ) was one of the 3,000
Oceanids , daughters of the
Titans
Oceanus and his sister-wife
Tethys .
[2]
[3]
[4] Admete represented unwedded maidens while her sister
Zeuxo represented the yoke of marriage.[
citation needed ] The name of Admete/ Admeta was the female form of
Admetus . Along with her other sisters, Admete was one of the companions of
Persephone in
Sicily when the god
Hades abducted the daughter of
Demeter .
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Notes
References
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Hesiod , Theogony from The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA.,Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914.
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
Greek text available from the same website .
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Online version at the Perseus Digital Library .
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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 .