Asteria

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Asteria can refer to:

  • 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 married Perses and had a child, Hecate.
  • A Star-Goddess, the daughter of Coeus and Phoebe and sister of Leto, Asteria flung herself into the ocean to escape the advances of Zeus. She became the island of the same name. Alternatively, she changed herself into a quail to avoid him.
  • A nymph that turned into a quail to escape from Zeus.
  • Another name for Star stones.
  • A typeface; see Asteria (typeface)

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