Asteria

Astĕrĭa, ae, or -ē, ēs, f., = Ἀστερίη.

• The daughter of Polus and Phoebe, mother of the fourth Hercules: Asteria, Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42: Asterie, Hyg. Fab. prooem.—
• II Daughter of the Titan Coeus, changed by Jupiter into a quail, and thrown into the sea: Asterie, Ov. M. 6, 108; Hyg. Fab. 53. —In the place where she was cast down— the island of Delos—arose Ortygia (quail island); hence called,
• III Astĕrĭa, Plin. 4, 12, 22, § 66.—
• IV An ancient name of the island of Rhodes, Plin. 5, 31, 36, § 132.—
• V Astĕriē, a female proper name, Hor. C. 3, 7.

2. Asteria, ae, f. u. -iē, ēs, f. (Ἀστερίη), I) Tochter des Titanen Cöus (nach Hyg. fab. prooem. p. 7 M. des Polus) und der Phöbe, Mutter des 4. Herkules (Cic. de nat. deor. 3, 42), wird, da sie Jupiters Umarmungen zu entfliehen sucht, in eine Wachtel verwandelt, stürzt sich ins Meer und wird zu einer Insel, die zuerst Asteria (Plin. 4, 66. Solin. 11, 19), dann Ortygia (die Wachtelinsel) u. später Delos (die helle, strahlende) genannt wurde, Hyg. fab. 53. Ov. met. 6, 108. – II) (Asterie) ein weiblicher Eigenname, gleichs. »Sternenmaid«, Hor. carm. 3, 7, 1.

2 Astĕrĭa, (16) æ, et -rĭē, ēs, f. , ¶ 1 sœur de Latone : Cic. Nat. 3, 42 || nom dʼautres femmes : Hor. O. 3, 7, 1 ; Ov. M. 6, 108 ¶ 2 ancien nom de lʼîle de Délos : Plin. 4, 66 ¶ 3 ancien nom de Rhodes : Plin. 5, 132.

Aste'ria

(Ἀστερία), a daughter of the Titan Coeus (according to Hygin. Fab. Pref. of Polus) and Phoebe. She was the sister of Leto, and, according to Hesiod (Hes. Th. 409), the wife of Perses, by whom she became the mother of Hecate. Cicero (de Nat. Deor. 3.16) makes her the mother of the fourth Heracles by Zeus. But according to the genuine and more general tradition, she was an inhabitant of Olympus, and beloved by Zeus. In order to escape from his embraces, she got metamorphosed into a quail (ὄρτυξ), threw herself into the sea, and was here metamorphosed into the island Asteria (the island which had fallen from heaven like a star), or Ortygia, afterwards called Delos. (Apollod. 1.2.2, 4.1; Athen. 9.392; Hyg. Fab. 53; Callimach. Hymn. in Del. 37; Serv. ad Aen. 3.73.) There are several other mythical personages of this name,--one a daughter of Alcvoneus [Alcyonides]; a second, one of the Danaids (Apollod. 2.1.5); a third, a daughter of Atlas (Hyg. Fab. 250, where, perhaps, Asterope is to be read); and a fourth, a daughter of Hydis, who became by Bellerophontes the mother of Hydissus, the founder of Hydissus in Caria. (Steph. Byz. s. v. Γ̔δισσός.) [L.S]

ASTERIA

ASTE´RIA [DELOS]

Asteria

(Ἀστερία). A daughter of the Titan Coeus and the Titanid Phoebé, sister of Leto, and mother of Hecaté by Perses, son of the Titan Crius. She is said to have turned into a quail (ὄρτυξ) and plunged into the sea to escape the advances of Zeus. After her the island of Delos (q.v.) was first called Asteria, and later Ortygia.

Asteria Asteria, daughter of Coeus and Phoebe

• Apollod. 1.2.2
• to avoid Zeus plunges into the sea and is transformed into a quail: Apollod. 1.3.6

Asteria(2), daughter of Danaus

• wife of Chaetus: Apollod. 2.1.5

Asteria(3), old name of Delos

• Apollod. 1.3.6