Admete
Sign in to saveAdmete ( means 'the unbroken, unwedded, untamed') or Admeta, was in Greek mythology, a Mycenaean princess. She was the daughter of King Eurystheus and Antimache and sister to Alexander, Iphimedon, Eurybius, Mentor, Perimedes and possibly, Eurypylus. The name of Admete/ Admeta was the female form of Admetus.
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Admete ( means 'the unbroken, unwedded, untamed') or Admeta, was in Greek mythology, a Mycenaean princess. She was the daughter of King Eurystheus and Antimache and sister to Alexander, Iphimedon, Eurybius, Mentor, Perimedes and possibly, Eurypylus. The name of Admete/ Admeta was the female form of Admetus.
== Mythology == Heracles, as one of his Twelve Labors, was obliged by her father to fetch for her the girdle of Ares, which was worn by Hippolyte, queen of the Amazons. According to John Tzetzes, Admete accompanied Heracles on this expedition.