/ · 1894 Brewer’s · A · Astræa
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Equity, innocence. During the Golden Age this goddess dwelt on earth, but when sin began to prevail, she reluctantly left it, and was metamorphosed into the constellation Virgo.
“When hard-hearted interest first began
To poison earth, Astræa left the plain.”
Thomson: Castle of Indolence, canto 1.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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