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Adamantea

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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(also Amalthea, Alga, and Adrastea), in Greek mythology, was the nurse of Jupiter. She hid the young god in a cradle among the thick leaves of a tree from the search of Saturn, who would have destroyed him.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Adamantea'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​a/adamantea.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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