Admete is the name of more than one figure in
Greek mythology:Admete the
Oceanid, a companion of
Persephone.
Hyginus in the preface to his fables calls her Admeto, and a daughter of
Pontus and
Thalassa.Admete (or Admeta), daughter of
Eurystheus.
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, she accompanied Heracles on this expedition. There was a tradition according to which Admete was originally a priestess of
Hera at
Argos, but fled with the image of the goddess to
Samos. Pirates were engaged by the
Argives to fetch the image back, but the enterprise did not succeed, for the ship when laden with the image could not be made to move. The men then took the image back to the coast of Samos and sailed away. When the Samians found it, they tied it to a tree, but Admete purified it and restored it to the temple of Samos. In commemoration of this event the Samians celebrated an annual festival called Tonea. This story seems to be an invention of the Argives, by which they intended to prove that the worship of Hera in their place was older than in Samos.
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[Greek] The daughter of Eurystheus. For her Heracles stole the girdle of Hippolyta.
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