Adephagia (, ) was a figure described as having a temple in Sicily. According to Claudius Aelianus's Varia Historia and a fragment of Polemon, nearby to her temple was a statue of Demeter (). According to , she was the personification of "abundant satiety" and a form of Demeter.
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- Athenaeus, The Learned Banqueters, Volume IV: Books 8-10.420e, edited and translated by S. Douglas Olson, Loeb Classical Library No. 235, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 2008. . Harvard University Press.
- Aelian, Historical Miscellany, translated by Nigel G. Wilson, Loeb Classical Library No. 486, Cambridge Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 1997. . Harvard University Press.
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