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Astræ`a

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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The daughter of Zeus and Themis, the goddess of justice; dwelt among men during the Golden Age, but left the earth on its decline, and her sister Pudicitia along with her, the withdrawal explained to mean the vanishing of the ideal from the life of man on the earth; now placed among the stars under the name of Virgo.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Astræ`a'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​a/astraa.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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