Asterodia
Appearance
In Greek mythology, the name Asterodia (/æstərˈɒdiə/; Ἀστεροδεία, Ἀστεροδία) refers to:
- Asterodia, a daughter of Deion and Diomede.[1] She is probably the same as the Asterodia (Asteria) who bore Crisus and Panopeus to Phocus.[2][3]
- Asterodia, a Caucasian nymph, daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, mother of Absyrtus by Aeetes.[4]
- Asterodia, one of the possible wives of Endymion.[5]
- Asterodia, daughter of Eurypylus and one of the possible wives of Icarius.[6]
References
- ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1. 9. 4; cf. Hesiod, Catalogue of Women fr. 58.
- ^ Tzetzes on Lycophron, 939
- ^ Scholia on Iliad, 2. 520
- ^ Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 3. 240 ff; scholia on 3. 242 for her parentage
- ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 5. 1. 4
- ^ Pherecydes in scholia on Homer, Odyssey, 15. 16