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Adrestia (Ancient Greek: Ἀδρήστεια) in Greek mythology was an epithet for the Goddess of Vengeance, Nemesis, or an alternative spelling Adrasteia, who acted as a nurse to the infant Zeus.[1][2] Her name means "she who cannot be escaped".

References

  1. Lindgren, Margareta (1973). The people of Pylos: prosopographical and methodological studies in the Pylos archives (Part II). University of Uppsala. ISBN 9155400035. 
  2. Smith, William (1849). A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. London, England: Spottiswoode and Co.. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0104:entry=adrasteia-bio-1. 

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