in Pagan worship, the daughter of Jupiter and Necesity, or, according to others, of Oceanus and Nox, had the care of revenging the crimes which human justice left unpunished. She was also called Adrastea, because Adrastus king of Argos first raised an altar to her; and Rhamnusia, from her having a magnificent temple at Rhamnus in Attica. She had likewise a temple at Rome in the Capitol. She is represented with a stern countenance, holding a whip in one hand, and a pair of scales in the other.