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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 794 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ASTRAEA , in See also:

Greek See also:legend, the " See also:star See also:maiden," daughter of See also:Zeus and See also:Themis, or of Astraeus the Titan and Eos, in which See also:case she is identified with See also:Dike. During the See also:golden See also:age she remained among men distributing blessings, but when the See also:iron (or See also:bronze) age came on, she was forced to withdraw, being the last of the goddesses to quit the See also:earth. In the heavens she is amongst the signs of the See also:zodiac as the See also:constellation See also:Virgo. She is usually represented with a pair of scales and a See also:crown of stars. Ov. Mel. i. 15o; Juv. vi. 19; See also:Aratus, Phaenomena, 96.

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