in antiquity, an epithet given to the goddess Nemesis, or Revenge. It was taken from king Adrastus, who first erected a temple to that deity.

ADRASTIA Certamina, in antiquity, a kind of Pythian games, instituted by Adrastus king of Argos, in the year of the world 2700, in honour of Apollo, at Sicyon. These are to be distinguished from the Pythian games celebrated at Delphi.