. Aesepus, near Cyzicus. Others derive hername from a-Spavai (fr. SiSpacncoi), the goddesswhom none can escape (Strab. p. 588; II. , seq.; Aesch. Prom. 936; Verg. Cir. 239;Anna. xiv. 11, 25). She was probably originallya Phrygian goddess and the same as BheaCybele.—2. A nymph, daughter of Melissens,king of Crete, to whom and her sister Ida,Ehea gave the infant Zeus to be reared(Apollod. i. 1, 6; Callim. Eijm. in Jov. 47).Originally the same as No. 1. Adrastus CASpaaros). 1. Son of Talaiis,king of Argos, was expelled from Argos
. Aesepus, near Cyzicus. Others derive hername from a-Spavai (fr. SiSpacncoi), the goddesswhom none can escape (Strab. p. 588; II. , seq.; Aesch. Prom. 936; Verg. Cir. 239;Anna. xiv. 11, 25). She was probably originallya Phrygian goddess and the same as BheaCybele.—2. A nymph, daughter of Melissens,king of Crete, to whom and her sister Ida,Ehea gave the infant Zeus to be reared(Apollod. i. 1, 6; Callim. Eijm. in Jov. 47).Originally the same as No. 1. Adrastus CASpaaros). 1. Son of Talaiis,king of Argos, was expelled from Argos byAmphiaraus, and fled to his grandfather Poly-bus, king of Sicyon, on whose death he becameking of that city (II. ii. 578; Hdt. v. 67 ; ix. 9 seq.). Afterwards he was reconciledto Amphiaraus, gave him his sister Eriphyle inmarriage, and returned to his kingdom of reigning there Tydeus of Calydon andPolynices of Thebes, both fugitives from theirnative countries, met at Argos before the palaceof Adrastus. A quarrel arose between them,. Adrastus and other heroes who fought against Thebes.(Gem found at Perugia.) and Adrastus, on hearing the noise, came forthand separated the combatants, in whom herecognised the two men who had been promisedto him by an oracle as the future husbands oftwo of his daughters; for one bore on hisshield the figure of a boar, and the other thatof a lion, and the oracle had declared that oneof his daughters was to marry a boar and theother a lion. Adrastus therefore gave hisdaughter Deipyle to Tydeus, and Argeia toPolynices, promising to restore each to his own country. Adrastus first prepared for waragainst Thebes, although Amphiaraus, whowas a soothsayer, foretold that all who engagedin it should perish, with the exception ofAdrastus. Thus arose the celebrated war ofthe Seven against Thebes. The seven heroes,according to Sophocles (Oed. Col. 1313 seq.) andAeschylus (Theb. 377 seq.), were Amphiaraus,Tydeus, Eteoclus, Hippomedon, C
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