Unsolved:Adraste
From HandWiki
In Greek mythology, Adraste (Ancient Greek: Ἀδρήστη) or Adreste may refer to the following:[1]
- Adrasta, also Adrasteia, a daughter of Oceanus and possibly Tethys, thus considered to be one of the Oceanids. Together with her sisters Eidothea and Althaea (Amalthea[2]) were nurses of young Zeus.[3]
- Adraste, one of the companions of Helen when Telemachus came to Sparta seeking news of Odysseus. When Helen appeared to greet him, Adraste placed a chair for her, and Alcippe brought a rug of soft wool.[4]
Notes
References
- Bell, Robert E., Women of Classical Mythology: A Biographical Dictionary. ABC-Clio. 1991. ISBN:9780874365818.
- 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.
- Homer, The Odyssey with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. ISBN:978-0674995611. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- West, M. L. (1983), The Orphic Poems, Clarendon Press Oxford, 1983. ISBN:978-0-19-814854-8.
 |  |
