Comments for ADRASTEIA:

I believe it is pronounced ad-rus-tee-a or a-DRAS-tee-uh, however this may not be correct.

Interesting side note: In Roman mythology she was the daughter of Jupiter and Ananke.

-- Rosethorn08  2/20/2006

Also the name of one of Jupiter's moons.

-- Ciera  1/2/2007

In Greek mythology, Adrasteia (also spelled Adrastia, Adrastea, Adrestea, Adastreia) was a nymph who was charged by Rhea to raise the infant Zeus in secret to protect him from his father Cronus (Krónos). Adrasteia and her sister Ida, the nymph of Mount Ida, who also cared for the infant Zeus, were perhaps the daughters of Melisseus.

-- LMS  7/31/2007

I once told my mother that I was going to name my child Adrasteia. She gave me a weird look and I defended it by saying: "We could always call her Addy for short". Now she doesn't think it's such a bad idea. It's just such a beautiful name.

-- Random-Monotony  2/14/2008

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