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Adrastus

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An Indian prince from the banks of the Ganges, who aided the King of Egypt against the crusaders. He wore a serpent’s skin, and rode on an elephant. Adrastus was slain by Rinaldo.—Tasso: Jerusalem Delivered. Book xx.

 

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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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