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Adrasteia
Some say she is the same thing as Nemesis, and that she took the name from a particular king, Adrastos. Alternatively from the ancient Adrastos who suffered divine wrath [nemesis] for his boasts against the Thebans, who…
Ἀδράστεια· οἱ μὲν ταὐτὸν τῇ Νεμέσει λέγουσι, λαβεῖν δὲ τοὔνομα παρὰ Ἀδράστου τινὸς βασιλέως. ἢ ἀπὸ Ἀδράστου τοῦ παλαιοῦ, νεμεσηθέντος ἐφ' οἷς τῶν Θηβαίων κατηλαζονεύσατο,…
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