Astraea, ae, f., = Ἀστραία,
the goddess of Justice , who , during the Golden Age , lived on the earth , but finally abandoned it , and returned to heaven , Ov. M. 1, 150; Juv. 6, 19; Sen. Oct. 424; cf.: Jam redit et Virgo, i.e. Astraea, Verg. E. 4, 6.— As a constellation , Libra; acc. to others, Virgo , Luc. 9, 534; cf. Arat. Phaen. 98.