Adrasteia

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Adrasteia is a nymph in Greek mythology associated with nurturing the infant Zeus and sometimes linked with divine retribution and inevitability.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Adrasteia canonical 3
Perseis 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf figure in Greek mythology ⓘ
nymph ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Adrastea ⓘ
appearsIn Homeric tradition ⓘ
linked to: Homeric epics

later Greek mythographers ⓘ
associatedWith Crete ⓘ
Curetes ⓘ
Ida ⓘ
Nemesis ⓘ
Zeus ⓘ
divine retribution ⓘ
goat Amalthea ⓘ
inescapable fate ⓘ
inevitability ⓘ
justice ⓘ
punishment of hubris ⓘ
category Companions and nurses of Zeus ⓘ
Greek goddesses of justice and retribution ⓘ
Nymphs of Greek mythology ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Ancient Greece ⓘ
linked to: Greek Antiquity
culture Greek mythology ⓘ
epithetOf Nemesis ⓘ
fed Zeus with milk of Amalthea ⓘ
function avenger of wrongs ⓘ
protector of infants ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
hasAspect nurturing deity ⓘ
retributive deity ⓘ
linkedTo Cybele ⓘ
Demeter ⓘ
Rhea ⓘ
meaningOfName the inescapable one ⓘ
linked to: the Inevitable
raised Zeus ⓘ
residence Cretan cave ⓘ
role caretaker of the infant Zeus ⓘ
nurse of Zeus ⓘ
siblingOrCompanion Ida ⓘ
worshippedIn Arcadia ⓘ
Crete ⓘ
Cyprus ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Meliae → parent → Adrasteia ⓘ
Aeëtes → mother → Perseis ⓘ
linked to: Adrasteia
Nemesis → cultTitle → Adrasteia ⓘ
Adrastea → namedAfter → Adrasteia ⓘ