Adrasteia (mythology)

Set of mythological Greek characters

In Greek mythology, Adrasteia (/ˌædrəˈstiːə/; Ancient Greek: Ἀδράστεια (Ionic Greek: Ἀδρήστεια), "inescapable"), Adrastea, Adrestea or Adrestia (Ἀδρήστεια) may refer to:

  • Adrasteia, a nymph who helped raise the infant Zeus.[1]
  • An epithet for Nemesis, Goddess of Vengeance.[2]

See also

  • Ancient Greece portal
  • Myths portal
  • Adrastea, a name for the Orphic goddess Ananke.

Notes

  1. ^ Apollodorus, 1.1.6; Hyginus, Fabulae 182 (Smith and Trzaskoma, p. 158)
  2. ^ Lindgren, Margareta (1973). The people of Pylos: prosopographical and methodological studies in the Pylos archives (Part II). University of Uppsala. ISBN 9155400035.

References

  • Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
  • Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
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