ASTRAEA  , in See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend, the " See also:

• STAR

star See also:

• MAIDEN, or MAID

maiden," daughter of See also:

• ZEUS

Zeus and See also:

• THEMIS

Themis, or of Astraeus the Titan and Eos, in which See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case she is identified with See also:

• DIKE, or DYKE (Old Eng. dic, a word which appears in various forms in many Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch dijk, German Teich, Danish dige, and in French, derived from Teutonic, digue; it is the same word as " ditch " and is ultimately connected with the ro

Dike . During the See also:

• GOLDEN

golden See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age she remained among men distributing blessings, but when the See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron (or See also:

• BRONZE

bronze) age came on, she was forced to withdraw, being the last of the goddesses to quit the See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

earth . In the heavens she is amongst the signs of the See also:

• ZODIAC (o i'w&arcds rvKcXor, from d,&ov, " a little animal ")

zodiac as the See also:

• CONSTELLATION (from the Lat. constellatus, studded with stars; co'n, with, and Stella, a star)

constellation See also:

• VIRGO (" the Virgin ")

Virgo . She is usually represented with a pair of scales and a See also:

• CROWN

crown of stars . Ov . Mel. i . 15o; Juv. vi . 19; See also:

• ARATUS

Aratus, Phaenomena, 96 .