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Adrastus

Adrastus · m

king of Argos

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Where it lives

What it meant

ā^drastus — Lewis & Short

ā^drastus, i. m., = *)/adrastos,

I king of Argos, father-in-law of Tydeus and Polynices, who, acc. to the fable, saw them both die, and turned so pale from grief that he never recovered his former complexion; hence: pallor Adrasti, Verg. 6, 480 Serv.; cf. Ov. P. 1, 3, 79; id. F. 6, 433; Stat. Th. 4, 74 al.

In the wild

6 of 51 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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