Adrastea

British

/ əˈdræstɪə /

noun

a small satellite of Jupiter, discovered in 1979

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The new images revealed details astronomers hadn’t expected to see around the guardian of the solar system, including two of the giant planet’s smaller moons Amalthea and Adrastea.

From New York Times • Aug. 23, 2022

She is likewise called Adrastea, because Adrastus, king of Argos, first raised an altar to her.

From Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed) by Dillaway, Charles K.

Let our Adrastea be propitious to these words.

From A Source Book for Ancient Church History by Ayer, Joseph Cullen

Perhaps the Adrastea were engrafted upon the Dionysia.1692.Athen.

From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2 by Müller, Karl Otfried

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