#Adrestia greek goddess

[olympushit]

Serious question here!

Does anybody have a source that proves that Adrestia, the goddess of revolt and equilibrium existed at all? I have searched and I found nothing that proves that she is such a goddess, or the daughter of Ares and Aphrodite......

Enlightenment would be appreciated!

[scatterbrainedart]

could you draw the goddess Adrestia please?

Sure! As far as I’ve understood it, she’s the goddess of “inevitable fate” and “pressing necessity”, as well as revolt, plus being a daughter of Ares. So I decided to give her this tipping scale sword, weighed down by a clock. The idea was that as the clock grew heavier, the key to her chains would rise to be within grabbing distance, and she would be able to free herself (and ultimately invoke her justice and whatnot. Use her sword. Fight). This is all to sorta represent how she’s bound by time. She will strike when the time is right, when your time has run out. Sort of as a ticking time bomb, really. I wanted her to be sort of looming. Like a threat, just standing there. Waiting for the moment when she’s needed.

I feel like this may be a bit of a poorly executed concept, and perhaps a but hard to explain, but I have a vision alright?? Anyway, here she is. Sorry I took so long to answer this ask lmao life got in the way

[etymology-of-the-emblem]

Rhea / レア, Nemesis / ネメシス, Adrestia / アドラステア and Merceus / メリセウス

Rhea (JP: レア; rōmaji: rea) is the Archbishop of the Church of Seiros in Fire Emblem Three Houses. Befitting of her role as a maternal figure, she is named after the Titan and "Great Mother" Rhea from Greek mythology. Wife to the Titan King Cronus, she gave birth to five of the Olympian gods. Upon learning that his children were destined to overthrow him, Cronus would eat his spawn whole as soon as they were born. Rhea would deceive him with the last child, Zeus; she gave Cronus a swaddled stone, and brought Zeus to the island of Crete. There, the lightning god would be reared to defeat his father, save his siblings, and become king of the gods.

In a sense, Rhea's backstory has her fill the roles of both the Great Mother and Zeus. In truth, Rhea was the only of the Children of the Goddess to survive the massacre in the Red Canyon. She then sought vengeance for the ones she lost, starting the War of Heroes to kill Nemesis. Simultaneously, she established the modern Crest system, creating gods amongst men, and played a major part in the founding of the Adrestian Empire with Wilhelm I.

Nemesis (JP: ネメシス; rōmaji: nemeshisu) was the leader of the Ten Elites and carrier of the Crest of Flames and Sword of the Creator. He is named after the Greek goddess Nemesis. She was the goddess of divine retribution and justice, punishing the proud for their hubris. This name can be interpreted in two ways regarding the King of Liberation: As he was a pawn to the Agarthans, who saw themselves as gods over the Nabateans, Nemesis was punishing them for arrogantly putting themselves above the Agarthans when he massacred the people of Zanado. Yet to Rhea, he was both her nemesis in the sense we use the word in English, but also the one she, as the daughter of the goddess Sothis, sought to enact divine retribution upon as payment for his actions.

It is also worth noting that two of the symbols of the goddess Nemesis are the sword and the whip, which may be why the Sword of the Creator is a whip-like sword.

The Adrestian Empire, also simply called Adrestia (JP: アドラステア; rōmaji: adorasutea) is a nation that spans across the south of Fódlan, founded by Wilhelm I and Saint Seiros. The name Adrestia comes from the nymph Adrasteia, also called Adrestea, from Greek mythology. In the story of Zeus' hiding from Cronus, Adrasteia, alongside her father and the Kuretes, was tasked by Rhea to oversee the child as he grew. Over time, Adrasteia would become epithets to both the Great Mother Rhea and Nemesis, for her name meant "the one who cannot be escaped; the inevitable one".

Fort Merceus is a formidable fortress in Bergliez territory that serves as the impregnable last barrier before the Imperial Capital of Enbarr. The name seemingly invokes the concept of mercy, though I'm uncertain how appropriate such is for the location.

In Japanese, the fort is called メリセウス要塞 (rōmaji: meriseusu yōsai). This is in reference to the Greek figure Melisseus, the leader of the Kuretes and father of Adrasteia. He was the one Rhea requested to hide Zeus from Cronus. He and the other Kuretes were said to have sparred regularly to let the ringing of their spears and shields drown out the crying child in their care. That last anecdote is likely the reason Melisseus's name was used for a fortress.

[lochnessies]

So. I just found out that Adrestia is the name of a minor greek god.

yep!! she’s the god of equilibrium between good/evil and revolt. the daughter of aphrodite and ares who follows her father into battle and was called “she who cannot be escaped.” i feel like the name was an intentional double entendre for both rhea and edelgard.

for rhea, or seiros in this case, defines herself as the warrior who fights to right the wrongs of nemesis and the elites. the war of heroes is a vague time that we have to fill in the pieces of ourselves (yes anon i got ur ask i’ll get to it i promise lol) but we do have a few canon events:

41 years before the imperial calendar seiros arrives in enbarr → wilhelm founded the empire there to honor seiros → an oracle gave adrestia its name

at the time of adrestia’s naming the war of heroes had not started (that won’t be until year 32) so seiros still hasn’t rocked nemesis’ world yet and then begin to systematically hunt down his elites. i believe that the divine oracle knew what was to come and saw that there was no escaping her judgement and named the empire accordingly. it’s like an ominous warning to those who pillaged zanado that they can run and hide but they cannot escape.

then there’s edelgard. she of course doesn’t come into play until over 1k years later so there’s no way that the empire was named after her. however, i feel like she spiritually fits the title of “she who cannot be escaped”.

edelgard is strong willed, ambitious, nationalistic, and will never stop until she sees her goals through to the end. her number one priority on all routes is complete imperial control over fodlan in an attempt to recreate adrestia’s glory days. we see just how far she is willing to go in both her success and her failures depending on the route.

on azure moon she will not surrender even if it means that she must use her citizens as cannon fodder and morph her own body in order to attempt to destroy her enemies. and even on her knees she rather use her last breath to cause harm rather than to mend what was broken.

on silver snow and verdant wind she admits that unless you kill her the war will rage on. she will not end it and so the only path to peace is over her grave.

on crimson flower we witness the garden of corpses from the church, kingdom, and alliance that didn’t escape the flames of her war so their ashes were used as fertilizer to grow her new world.

[abookishdreamer]

Character Intro: Adrestia & Harmonia (Kingdom of Ichor)

*these characters will appear later in the series

Nicknames- Adrestia (Titi) by Aphrodite & Harmonia, (Booger) by Ares & her brothers

Harmonia (Mini-Me) by Aphrodite, (Chicky) by Eros, (Honey Face) by Hera

Age(s)- 6 & 3 (immortal)

Location- Cyprus, Olympius

Personalities- Adrestia is a precocious, energetic, & stubborn young girl with an adventurous streak that loves being active. Harmonia is more subdued, bubbly, and sweet who loves all things girly & pink. The two godlings are close and they love receiving the attention from everyone in the pantheon.

At their ages, it's very hard to say what their full scope of powers & abilities will be.

As the goddess of peace and harmony (at the age of three), Harmonia is able to understand snakes & doves. She has the ability of vitakinesis (healing), after healing a deep wound she sustained from falling off the monkey bars at the park. She also produces an aura that generally makes the people around her feel calm.

As the goddess of revolt (at the age of six), Adrestia has shown the ability of pyrokinesis (with her flames being both white and black). She's also exhibiting the ability of fyrosokinesis, force field generation/manipulation.

After constantly giving their mom the puppy dog look, the sisters finally have pets! Harmonia has a newborn pegasus- a girl which she named Sweetie while Adrestia has a baby dragon (that has bronze & black scales)- a boy she named Buddy.

The sisters mainly live with their mother Aphrodite (goddess of love & beauty) and their brothers Anteros (god of requited love), Eros (god of love), Phobos (god of fear), and Deimos (god of terror) in their mansion in Cyprus. They also spend time with their father Ares (god of war) at his place in Thrace. They also spend time at the palace on Mt. Olympus, Sparta, Themiscyra, Shimmering Tail Island, & the New Olympus neighborhood of Chant du Cygne.

The girls' bedrooms at their main house are totally different. Harmonia's room is painted in gold glittered hot pink- with lace, satin, & silk curtains. There's soft white carpeting and a large bouncy canopy bed covered with lots of pillows & stuffed animals. Her closet is filled with frilly and poofy dresses & other girly clothes. She has a MASSIVE dollhouse- complete with a growing collection of dolls. She has her own table, chairs, & tea set.

Adrestia's room is painted in colors of purple, teal, and black. Instead of a regular bed, she has a bunk bed (loves sleeping on the top bunk). Glow in the dark stickers of stars cover the walls and ceiling. Her bike leans by the corner of her closet- which is filled with sneakers, T-shirts, sweatpants, baggy shorts, & denim rompers. She has an Imperial Gold toy chest- filled with board games, action figures, car toys, & dinosaur toys. Her Astrean Silver sword set (which was a birthday gift from her father) is kept locked away.

Adrestia was the first daughter born to her parents, with Harmonia being born three years later. Aphrodite was ecstatic to finally have girls (after having four sons). Both girls' deliveries were home births & Aphrodite made sure she was Fatestagram ready, perfectly made up to meet her girls. Adrestia inherited a lot of traits from Ares and shares a lot of physical traits with her "Nana" Hera (goddess of women & marriage) and "Aunty" Eris (goddess ok f strife & discord). Aphrodite loves playing in her daughter's long thick curly dark brown hair. She was a bit disappointed when it turned out that Adrestia wasn't into many of the things that she likes, but was still pleasantly surprised to see that she still liked getting her hair done & liked wearing a bit of jewelry. With Adrestia, Aphrodite tries to partake in some of the things she likes, so they'll go bike riding through the park, go to the arcade, and check out a baseball game at Olympian Field. They will also have a Mommy & Me spa day (with Adrestia playing in the mud baths.)

Harmonia (being the youngest & the most like her) is the apple of Aphrodite's eye. She surprisingly resembles her grandfather Zeus (god of the sky, thunder, & lightning) with her curly light blonde hair, light skin, & baby blue eyes. Her and Aphrodite will often wear matching outfits- posting the pics on Fatestagram. Their Mommy & Me day will consist of having tea at the Grand Eaglepoint Hotel, followed by getting their nails done at the salon, finishing the day off at Candycloud, eating cotton candy.

A favorite meal for Adrestia to eat for breakfast is a big bowl of cinnamon puff cereal (with chocolate milk) followed by a stack of french toast (topped with whipped cream & powdered sugar) and spicy sausage links.

Harmonia prefers an egg white omelette (added with cheddar cheese & spinach) with sprinkled feta cheese on top with turkey bacon and a small bowl of mandarin slices.

Adrestia loves wrestling with her big brothers Phobos & Deimos. They've been teaching her how to play video games and have even started her on junior archery lessons. The three of them go to the movie theater to see the latest animated release. With her father, the two of them will go fishing, go-karting, followed by an all day excursion at the Firebolt theme park- drinking too many cherry slushies & eating too many corn dogs.

Harmonia loves going to the library with her brother Anteros. Even though she's in the early stages of reading, she still enjoys the story hour the library hosts for the other toddlers. She'll go to the beach with Eros (her favorite part being burying him in the sand) and she'll go indoor ice skating with Ares. She loves hosting tea parties in her room, with all her toys & brothers in attendance.

A product that Aphrodite uses on both her girls' hair is the Glory's Crown sweet almond curl defining elixir. Adrestia usually wears her hair out, but she also likes when her mom does fishtail braids, cornrows, bantu knots, and jumbo buns.

Harmonia's favorite sweet treat is an ice cream cone topped with scoops of strawberry-cookies n' cream ice cream while Adrestia loves a neopolitan scoop topped with chocolate sprinkles.

The sisters are starting to gain a bit of a work ethic by modeling for their grandma's childrens' clothing brand, Youthful Reign.

As for the rest of the pantheon, they both like their "Didi" (Dione), their "Paw-paw" Zeus (he's been teaching them how to cloud surf), & their aunts and uncles (Eris, Hebe, Ella, Hermes, Apollo, & Artemis).

Harmonia loves tagging along with Ganymede (god of homosexual love & desire), Ditus (god of bisexuality, effeminacy, & fertility), Peitho (goddess of persuasion & sensuality), and The Graces.

Adrestia loves her mom's beef bourguignon & mashed potatoes and she also likes her dad's pizza spaghetti casserole & soy braised baby back ribs.

Harmonia loves her mom's pink macaroni, cocktail shrimp, mozzarella sticks, and garlic parmesan chicken tenders. She also likes Eros' salt & vinegar french fries.

Adrestia can secretly say a few curse words in Greek, after overhearing Ares and Eris.

[innocent-enyo]

Edelgard and Byleth as Adrestia and Nike (based on CF ending picture)

Adrestia : Goddess of revolution and just retribution.

She is the equilibrium between good and evil. Her name means "one who cannot be escaped"

Nike : Goddess of Victory.

Nike is depicted to have wings, carrying a palm branch, wreath, or Hermes staff.

Nike is also portrayed frequently hovering with outspread wings over the victor in a competition.

[guard-dogbiscuits]

Fuck it, Ima go play pirate. The game requires you to sink 2 pirate ships, 2 Athenian ships and 2 Spartan. The Spartans are all I have left, so better get it done while the bad guy is still co-ruler. Because one of these days, I will take him down!

In the meantime, now that I’’ve upgraded my ship I’m at least halfway decent at naval battles. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YB01Mqiuru0&list=PL5lnLolUaCEc3qnkczeKYtacrhdXetTHq&index=2

[peithoaphro]

adrestia - minor deity of revolt and equilibrium - sydney sweeney aura - deity of the gentle breeze of the early morning - barbie ferreira atlanta - huntress - erin kellyman ananke - personification of necessity and fate - emily vancamp

[diioonysus]

greek mythology | gods & goddesses | ares’ offspring 

[sunkissed-child]

wallpaper for @decepticon-aesthetic so sorry for the long wait !!!

[hresvlgse]

very funny how

[olympushit]

Why do I feel like Deimos, Phobos and Adrestia are a bit underrated? These gods have no myths on their own! Personally I would love to read some myths around these gods, for a reason they seem to have very interesting personalities!

[sciencelings-arts]

Making greek gods boring designs cool again. 

[kelseyannelovelady]

My next post for @inthepantheon is live!

[lochnessies]

oh so i guess it was me lol. i blocked cos i was on a edelstan blocking frenzy and u mustve gotten lumped in cos of ur username. and i didnt know u were the same person until the post the other day lol. i dont like to debate but they were uhh saying weird stuff and i was saving myself future headaches haha

yeah it was you lol i kinda had a tiny feeling it had something to do with my url since i can’t figure out how people would find pictures of bunnies and flowers upsetting lmao

but yeah i totally understand being liberal with the block button. gotta curate your online experience!

[bluelionsbitch]

I like to learn about Greek mythology as a hobby and I learned some stuff today that ties into FE3H in just the COOLEST ways. For instance, for the first time ever, I heard of the Goddess ADRESTIA, daughter to Ares who accompanied him into war and was the Goddess of revolt, just retribution, and the balance between good and evil. Considering the history of the Adrestian empire in FE3H and their role in initiating the war, there's no way that's a coincidence. I actually wonder if they drew inspiration for Edelgard's character from Adrestia herself-- I think that Edelgard's perception of herself/the things she wants to achieve match up with Adrestia and what she stands for quite well. Perhaps even more compelling, Adrestia is often depicted as the handmaiden of THE GODDESS NEMESIS, Goddess of divine retribution. Sometimes they're even depicted as the same individual... it all just fits together so well...