Asterius (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Asterion /əˈstɪəriən/ (Greek: Ἀστερίων, gen.: Ἀστερίωνος, literally "starry") or Asterius /əˈstɪəriəs/ (Ἀστέριος) may refer to the following figures:

• Asterion, one of the Potamoi.[1]
• Asterius, one of the Giants.[2]
• Asterion, an attendant of the starry-god Astraeus.[3]
• Asterion or Asterius, king of Crete.[4]
• Asterion or Asterius, name of the Minotaur.[5]
• Asterion, son of Zeus and Idaea, the real name of Minos.[6]
• Asterius, son of Minos and Androgenia, a girl from the Cretan city of Phaestus. He was the commander of Cretans who joined the god Dionysus in his Indian War. Asterius never returned to his homeland but instead settled among the Colchians and named them Asterians. There Asterius fathered Miletus, Caunus, and Byblis.[7]
• Asterius, a king of Anactoria (Miletus) and son of Anax, son of Gaia.[8] He was a slain by the hero Miletus who named after himself the newly conquered lands.[9]
• Asterius, according to Hyginus one of the Sons of Aegyptus, who married Cleo, daughter of Danaus.[10]
• Asterius, a prince of Pylos and son of King Neleus by Chloris, daughter of Amphion of Orchomenus.[11] He was the brother to Pero, Asterius, Pylaon, Deimachus, Eurybius, Epilaus, Evagoras, Phrasius, Eurymenes, Alastor, Nestor and Periclymenus.[12] Asterius was slain along with his brothers, except Nestor, by Heracles when the hero took revenge to Neleus who refused to cleanse him from blood-debt.[13]
• Asterion or Asterius, an Argonaut from Peirasia in Thessaly.
• Asterius or Asterion, an Argonaut from the Achaean city of Pellene.[14] He was the son of Hyperasius, descendant of Pelles, son of King Phorbas of Argos.[15] In two separate accounts, Asterius and his brother Amphion were called the children of Hypso[16] while Hippasus was said to be their father.[17]