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In Greek mythology, the name Asterodia, Asterodeia, or Asterodea (/æstəˈrɒdiə/; Ancient Greek: Ἀστεροδεία, Ἀστεροδία) refers to:
- Asterodia, a Caucasian nymph and one of the Oceanids as the daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, mother of Absyrtus by Aeetes.[1][2]
- Asterodia, a Phocian princess, daughter of King Deion and Diomede, and sister of Aenetus, Phylacus, Actor and Cephalus.[3][4] She was also called Asteria,[5] the one who bore Crisus and Panopeus to Phocus.[6] These twin brothers did not get along, quarreling while still in their mother's womb.[7]
- Asterodia, one of the possible wives of Endymion.[8][9]
- Asterodia, daughter of Eurypylus and one of the possible wives of Icarius.[10]
Notes
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- ↑ Apollonius of Rhodes, 3.241–243; for her parents see Conti, p. 478 n. 23; Preston's note to Apollonius, 3.330 "Asterodea" (p. 168); scholia on Apollonius, 3.242 (Parisian, Florentine).
- ↑ Bane, Theresa (2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 37. ISBN 9780786471119.
- ↑ Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 10(a) and 58; Apollodorus, 1.9.4; Hyginus, Fabulae 198
- ↑ Hard, pp. 435, 565
- ↑ Smith, "Phocus".
- ↑ Tzetzes ad Lycophron, 939; Scholia ad Homer, Iliad 2.520
- ↑ Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 58.12–13
- ↑ Smith, Endymion
- ↑ Pausanias, 5.1.4
- ↑ Pherecydes in scholia ad Homer, Odyssey 15.16
References
[edit]- Apollodorus, The Library with 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.
- Apollonius of Rhodes, Apollonius Rhodius: the Argonautica, translated by Robert Cooper Seaton, W. Heinemann, 1912. Internet Archive.
- Apollonius of Rhodes, The Argonautics of Apollonius Rhodius, Translated; with Notes and Observations, Critical, Historical, and Explanatory, by W. Preston, ESQ. M. R. I. A. Volume 2, Press of C. Whittingham, 1822. Internet Archive
- Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853–1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Brunck, Richard François Philippe, Apollonii Rhodii Argonautica Volume 2: Scholia vetera in Apollonium Rhodium, second edition by G. H. Schäfer, Fleischer, 1813. Internet Archive
- Conti, Natale, John Mulryan, Steven Brown, Natale Conti's Mythologiae, ACMRS, 2006.
- Hard, Robin, The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology: Based on H.J. Rose's "Handbook of Greek Mythology", Psychology Press, 2004, ISBN 9780415186360.
- Hesiod, Catalogue of Women from Homeric Hymns, Epic Cycle, Homerica translated by Evelyn-White, H G. Loeb Classical Library Volume 57. London: William Heinemann, 1914. Online version at theio.com
- Pausanias, Description of Greece with 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. ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Smith, William; Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London (1873).
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