Astris
In Greek mythology, Astris (or Asteria)[1] was, in Nonnus's Dionysiaca,[2] one of the Heliades, daughters of Helios, either by the Oceanid Clymene[3] or the Oceanid Ceto.[4] She married the river god Hydaspes (the modern Jhelum River) and became mother of Deriades, king in India.
Notes
- ^ Parada, p. 30.
- ^ Nonnus, Dionysiaca 17.269–282, 23.236, 26.32, 352–357, 27.100–101, 199–203, 33.151–152. Rouse, pp. 52, 53, n. c says the name Astris is a Nonnus invention.
- ^ Nonnus, Dionysiaca 17.269–282.
- ^ Nonnus, Dionysiaca 26.351–355.
References
- Nonnus, Dionysiaca; translated by Rouse, W H D, II Books XVI–XXXV. Loeb Classical Library No. 345, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1940. Internet Archive
- Parada, Carlos, Genealogic Guide to Greek Mythology, Jonsered, Paul Åströms Förlag, 1993.
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