Geography Index

Adrasteia
Adrastia

A city northeast of Troy.

  During the Trojan War, Adrestos (Adrastus) and his brother Amphios (Amphius) commanded an undisclosed number of Trojan soldiers from Adrasteia, Paisos (Apaisos), Pityeia, and Tereia.

  Trojan King Priam's kingdom included the territories of the Hellespont.¹ Inhabitants of Adrasteia were considered to be Trojans.

  According to the geographers Callisthenes and Strabo, Adrasteia was named after King Adrastos (Adrastus), who was credited with founding the first temple of the goddess of divine retribution, Nemesis. Consequently, Adrasteia became an epithet for Nemesis.

  On their Quest for the Golden Fleece, the Argonauts made landfall on the Plain of Adrasteia and ascended Mount Dindymum to establish a temple of the Olympian goddess, Rhea. This would have been circa 1300 BCE, i.e. one generation before the Trojan War.

  The Romans referred to the city of Adrasteia as Parium.

1. Hellespont (Helle’s Sea)—the modern Dardanelles but was undoubtably considered to be much larger in antiquity.

Latitude North, Longitude East
40.3836, 27.1912