Asterodia Explained

In Greek mythology, the name Asterodia, Asterodeia, or Asterodea (; 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]

References

• 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, .
• 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. . 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).

Notes and References

1. [Apollonius of Rhodes]
2. Book: Bane, Theresa. Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. 2013. 9780786471119. 37.
3. [Hesiod]
4. Hard, pp. 435, 565
5. Smith, "Phocus".
6. [Tzetzes]
7. Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 58.12–13
8. Smith, Endymion
9. [Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]
10. [Pherecydes of Athens|Pherecydes]