Asterius (mythology)
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InGreek mythology,Asterion/əˈstɪəriən/(Greek:Ἀστερίων,gen.:Ἀστερίωνος,literally "starry" ) orAsterius/əˈstɪəriəs/(Ἀστέριος) may refer to the following figures:
- Asterion,one of thePotamoi.[1]
- Asterius,one of theGiants.[2]
- Asterion, an attendant of the starry-godAstraeus.[3]
- Asterius, husband ofAmphictyone,daughter ofPhthius,and father ofDotius(Dotis), one of the possible eponyms ofDotion(Dotium) inThessaly.[4]According toFowler,he was perhaps a son of anymphand ariver-god,otherwise unknown.[5]
- Asterionor Asterius, king ofCrete.[6]
- Asterion or Asterius, name of theMinotaur.[7]
- Asterion, son ofZeusandIdaea,a daughter ofMinos.[8]
- Asterius, son ofMinosandAndrogenia,a girl from the Cretan city ofPhaistos.He was the commander of Cretans who joined the godDionysusin hisIndianWar. Asterius never returned to his homeland but instead settled among theColchiansand named them Asterians. There Asterius fatheredMiletus,Caunus,andByblis.[9]
- Asterius, a king of Anactoria (Miletus) and son ofAnax,son ofGaia.[10]He was a slain by the hero Miletus who named after himself the newly conquered lands.[11]According to Pausanias, an island named after him was thought to be a burial of him that existed near the city of Milesians.[12]
- Asterius, according toHyginusone of theSons of Aegyptus,who marriedCleo,daughter ofDanaus.[13]
- Asterius, a prince ofPylosand son of KingNeleusbyChloris,daughter of KingAmphionofOrchomenus.[14]He was the brother toPero,Asterius,Pylaon,Deimachus,Eurybius,Epilaus,Evagoras,Phrasius,Eurymenes,Alastor,NestorandPericlymenus.[15]Asterius was slain along with his brothers, exceptNestor,byHeracleswhen the hero took revenge on Neleus when the latter refused to cleanse Heracles of his blood-debt.[16]
- Asterion or Asterius, anArgonaut[17]fromPeirasiainThessaly.[18]He was the son ofCometes[19]andAntigona,daughter of KingPheresofPherae.[20]
- Asterius or Asterion, anArgonautfrom theAchaeancity ofPellene.[21]He was the son ofHyperasius,son ofPelles,son ofPhorbas.[22]In two separate accounts, Asterius and his brotherAmphionwere called the children ofHypso[23]whileHippasuswas said to be their father.[20]
Notes
[edit]- ^Pausanias,2.15.5
- ^Barber 1991 p.381
- ^Nonnus,6.66
- ^Stephanus of Byzantium,s.v.Dōtion (Δώτιον)withPherecydesas the authority (fr. 172)
- ^Fowler, Robert L.(2013).Early Greek Mythography: Volume II Commentary.Great Clarendon Street, Oxford, OX2 6DP, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. p. 147.ISBN978-0-19-814741-1.
{{cite book}}:CS1 maint: location (link) - ^Apollodorus,3.1.2–4
- ^Apollodorus,3.1.4
- ^Pseudo-Clement,Recognitions10.21-23
- ^Nonnus, 13.223, 13.245 & 13.546 ff.
- ^Pausanias,1.35.6
- ^Pausanias,7.2.5
- ^Pausanias,1.35.6
- ^Hyginus,Fabulae170
- ^Homer,Odyssey11.284 withScholiaad,11.281 citingPherecydes
- ^Apollodorus,1.9.9
- ^Apollodorus,2.7.3
- ^Apollonius Rhodius,1.35;Apollodorus,1.9.16
- ^Apollonius Rhodius,1.36-39
- ^Apollonius Rhodius,1.35;Apollodorus,1.9.16
- ^abHyginus,Fabulae14
- ^Orphic Argonautica163
- ^Pausanias,7.26.12
- ^Valerius Flaccus,1.367
References
[edit]- Anonymous.The Orphic Argonautica,translated by Jason Colavito. Copyright 2011.Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Apollodorus,The Librarywith an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.Greek text available from the same website.
- Gaius Julius Hyginus,Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginustranslated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies.Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Gaius Valerius Flaccus,Argonauticatranslated by Mozley, J H. Loeb Classical Library Volume 286. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1928.Online version at theio.com.
- Gaius Valerius Flaccus,Argonauticon.Otto Kramer. Leipzig. Teubner. 1913.Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Homer,The Iliadwith an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Homer,Homeri Operain five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920.Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Nonnus of Panopolis,Dionysiacatranslated by William Henry Denham Rouse (1863-1950), from the Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1940.Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Nonnus of Panopolis,Dionysiaca. 3 Vols.W.H.D. Rouse. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1940–1942.Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Pausanias,Description of Greecewith an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918.ISBN0-674-99328-4.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
- Pausanias,Graeciae Descriptio.3 vols.Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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