Αδρηστος (διδρα?σκω, the ‘unescapable’): (1)
from Argos, fugitive to Sicyon, succeeds Polybus there as king;
becomes also king in Argos, harbors Tydeus, and gives him his daughter
in marriage, cf. Il. 14.121; his
swift steed Areion, Il.
23.347.—(2) son of Merops, from Percōte,
founder of Adrasteia, leader of Trojan allies from thence, Il. 2.380, Il.
11.328.—(3) a Trojan, slain by Menelāus,
Il. 6.37, 45, 63.—(4) a
Trojan slain by Patroclus, Il.
16.694.
Georg Autenrieth. A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1891.
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