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Asteria, in Greek myth, sister of Leto and mother, by the Titan Persēs, of Hecatē. Being pursued by Zeus she turned into a quail, leapt into the sea and became Ortygia (‘quail island’), afterwards known as Delos.
Asteria (ăstēr'ēə), in Greek mythology, daughter of the Titans Coeus and Phoebe, mother of Hecate by Perses. To escape Zeus' amorous advances, she turned into a quail, jumped into the sea, and became the isle of Ortygia (quail island).
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In Greek mythology, Asteria (Greek: Ἀστερία, "of the stars, starry one") was a name attributed to the following nine individuals:
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Asteria was the daughter of the Titans Coeus and Phoebe and sister of Leto.[1] According to Hesiod, by Perses she had a daughter Hecate.[2]
The Titan goddess of nocturnal oracles and falling stars, Asteria flung herself into the Aegean Sea in the form of a quail in order to escape the advances of Zeus. She became the "quail island" of Ortygia.[3] which became identified with Delos, which was the only piece of earth to give refuge to the fugitive Leto when, pregnant with Zeus's children, she was pursued by vengeful Hera.[4]
According to a lost poem of Eudoxus of Cnidus (c. 355 BCE)[5] by Zeus she became the mother of the Heracles in the form in which Hellenes thought they recognized him (by interpretatio graeca) as he was worshipped among Phoenicians at Tyre.
Amazon
Asteria was the ninth Amazon killed by Heracles when he came for Hippolyte's girdle.[6]
Heliad
Asteria or Astris was a daughter of Helios and Clymene or Ceto, one of the Heliades. She married the river god Hydaspes (the modern Jhelum River) and became mother of Deriades, king in India.
Danaid
Asteria was one of the Danaids, daughters of Danaus who, with one exception, murdered their husbands on their wedding nights. She was, briefly, the bride of Chaetus.[7]
Alkyonides
Asteria was one of the Alkyonides. Along with her sisters, she flung herself into the sea and was transformed into a kingfisher.[8]
Consort of Phocus
Asteria[9] or Asterodia[10] was the mother of Crisus and Panopeus by Phocus.
Consort of Bellerophon
Asteria, daughter of Hydeus, was the mother of Hydissos by Bellerophon. Her son is known for having founded a city in Caria which was named after him.[11]
Daughter of Coronus
Asteria, daughter of Coronus, and Apollo were possible parents of the seer Idmon.[12]
Daughter of Teucer
The daughter of Teucer and Eune of Cyprus also bore the name Asteria.[13]
Athenian maiden
Asteria was one of the would-be sacrificial victims of Minotaur, portrayed in a vase painting.[14]
References
- ^ Hesiod, Theogony, 404ff.
- ^ Theogony 409–11.
- ^ John Tzetzes.
- ^ Theoi Project - Titanis Asteria
- ^ Athenaeus (392d) summarizes the lost poetical narrative of Eudoxus, telling how Heracles the son of Zeus by Asteria was killed by Typhon in Libya.
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, 4. 16.3 (on-line text)
- ^ Bibliotheca 2. 1. 5
- ^ Suda s. v. Alkyonides
- ^ Tzetzes on Lycophron, 53
- ^ Tzetzes on Lycophron, 939
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, s. v. Hydissos
- ^ Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 1. 139, citing Pherecydes of Leros
- ^ Tzetzes on Lycophron, 450
- ^ Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum 4. 8185 (painting on François Vase)
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