Definition of Adrastea, Adrastea, Adrastia, Adrastia
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Ādrastēa, Ādrastēae
(Adrastēa, Adrastēae)
(Ādrastīa, Ādrastīae)
(Adrastīa, Adrastīae)
Adrastea, Adrastia
Ἀδράστεια
noun (f., 1st declension)
  1. The daughter of Jupiter and Necessity, the goddess who rewards men for their deeds, and who esp. punishes pride and arrogance
  2. A city of Mysia
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Ā^drastēa or Ā^drastīa, ae, f., = Ἀδράστεια. The daughter of Jupiter and Necessity (so called from an altar erected to her by Adrastus), the goddess who rewards men for their deeds, and who esp. punishes pride and arrogance: quod nec sinit Adrastea, Verg. Cir. 239: ineffugibilis, App. de Mund. p. 75; Amm. 14, 11.

— A city of Mysia, later called Parium, Plin. 5, 32, 40, § 141; Just. 11, 6, 10.
 
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