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ASTRAGAL (from the Gr. cioTpcryaXos, the ankle-joint), an architectural term for a convex moulding. This term is generally applied to small mouldings, " torus " (<?.*.) to large ones of the same form. The Lesbian astragal referred to by Vitruvius, bk. iv. ch. ...

ASTORGA, a city of N.W. Spain, in the province of Leon; situated near the right bank of the river Tuerto, and at the junction of the Salamanca-Corunna and Leon-Astorga railways. Pop. (1000) 5573. Astorga was the Roman Asturica Augusta, a provincial capital, an

ASTRAEA, in Greek legend, the " star maiden," daughter of Zeus and Themis, or of Astraeus the Titan and Eos, in which case she is identified with Dike. During the golden age she remained among men distributing blessings, but when the iron (or bronze) age came

... o the crater), Anthemis Elnensis, Robertsia taraxacoides, Tanacetum vulgare and Astragalus siculus. No trace of animal life is to be found in this zone; for the greater part of the year it is covered with snow, but by the end of summer this has almost all melt ...