Adrastea

noun

a small satellite of Jupiter, discovered in 1979

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Historical Examples of adrastea

Goethe admired him, and Herder devoted a chapter to him in his Adrastea of 1802.
Handel
Romain Rolland
She is likewise called Adrastea, because Adrastus, king of Argos, first raised an altar to her.
Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology
Charles K. Dillaway

Word Origin and History for adrastea

Adrastea

"nemesis," daughter of Zeus, distributor of rewards and punishments, from Greek Adrasteia, literally "she from whom there is no escape," from adrastos "not running away," from privative prefix a- + stem of drasmos "a running away," related to dromos "course" (see dromedary).