god
Astraea
Named as the mother of Sleep in the fourth chorus's genealogy of night; elsewhere the maiden goddess of justice.
Reading notes
- Hercules (Mad) §1088 Astraea your mother
Astraea, named as the mother of Sleep in the chorus's genealogy of night.
- Hercules on Oeta §1 Astraea
Astraea, goddess of justice, identified with the constellation Virgo, to whom the zodiacal Lion 'hands the year.'
- Octavia §387 Astraea
The maiden goddess of Justice who dwelt among men in the Golden Age and fled the earth as it grew wicked, becoming the constellation Virgo.