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Asteria
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Asteria in Greek mythology can refer to:
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In Greek mythology, Asteria was the sixth Amazon killed by Heracles when he came for Hippolyte's girdle. The Amazons (of whom Hippolyte was queen) knew that Heracles was invincible but fought him anyway.
Asteria was the daughter of Coeus and Phoebe or of Titan and sister of Leto. Asteria flung herself into the ocean in the form of a quail in order to escape the advances of Zeus. She became the island of the same name. By Zeus she became the mother of Heracles (not to be confused with the Greek demi-god) who was worshipped at Tyre. By Perses she had a daughter Hecate
Asteria was one the Heliades, daughters of Helios, either by the Oceanid Clymene or the Oceanid Ceto. She married the river god Hydaspes and became mother of Deriades, king of India. Also known as Astris.
Asteria was one of the Danaids, daughters of Danaus who, with one exception, murdered their husbands on their weddings nights. She was, briefly, married to Chaetus.
- Another name for Star stones.
- A typeface; see Asteria (typeface)
- Asteria is an emo/pop band from Crown Point, Indiana.
- Asteria: Award-winning medieval ensemble singing "meltingly beautiful" songs of passion and despair from the 15th century: le souvenir de vous me tue.
- A telecommunications consulting company specializing in Asterisk PBX integration services, based in Huntsville, Alabama. Asteria Solutions Group
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