Adrasteia (goddess)

Adrasteia (goddess)

Adrasteia (or Adrastea) is a goddess worshipped in Hellenised Phrygia (north-western Turkey), probably derived from a local Anatolian mountain deity. She is known from inscriptions in Greece from around 400 BC as a deity who defends the righteous. [Jordan (2002).]

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*Jordan, Michael. "Encyclopedia of Gods: Over 2,500 Deities of the World". Kyle Cathie Limited, 2002.


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