Asteria

[Zephyrstorm]

Early this morning I was plagued by a nightmare that seemed to be very mundane in its subject matter. I was waking up, and returning back to the nightmare each time I dozed back off. (annoying when that happens...) But I know at least a few of the times I awoke with the name "Asteria" on my lips.

I know that She is Hekate's mother in some sources, and that She's a Goddess of oracles and nighttime dreams. The sister of Leto, and another deity who refused Zeus' advances and escaped via transformation (in this case, into the Isle of Delos).

So anyone have any suggestion as far as where else I should look for info on Her?

I've been researching Hekate somewhat fiercely these past several days, so it may be nothing, but I'd like to learn more about Asteria anyway.

:) Thanks in advance.

[Arion]

Theoi is always a good source :)

http://www.theoi.com/Titan/TitanisAsteria.html

[Zephyrstorm]

Thanks Purplepanther. I checked there first. :)
I love Theoi.

[Fiamma]

Early this morning I was plagued by a nightmare that seemed to be very mundane in its subject matter. I was waking up, and returning back to the nightmare each time I dozed back off. (annoying when that happens...) But I know at least a few of the times I awoke with the name "Asteria" on my lips.

I know that She is Hekate's mother in some sources, and that She's a Goddess of oracles and nighttime dreams. The sister of Leto, and another deity who refused Zeus' advances and escaped via transformation (in this case, into the Isle of Delos).

So anyone have any suggestion as far as where else I should look for info on Her?

I've been researching Hekate somewhat fiercely these past several days, so it may be nothing, but I'd like to learn more about Asteria anyway.

:) Thanks in advance.


Hesiod's Theogony is also a good point of reference for Asteria.

[Zephyrstorm]

Thank you, Fiamma.
I'll get it when I'm at the library. :)

[Arion]

Hesiod's Theogony is also a good point of reference for Asteria.

Where can you find that? I looked for it at the bookstore yesterday and they didn't seem to have it.

[David19]

Where can you find that? I looked for it at the bookstore yesterday and they didn't seem to have it.

I'm not sure where you can buy it, but i think you can get it online, for example here, on Sacred-texts, http://www.sacred-texts.com/cla/hesiod/theogony.htm.

I think that's the one that was meant anyway.

Hope it helps :).

[Fiamma]

Where can you find that? I looked for it at the bookstore yesterday and they didn't seem to have it.


Theogony is an ancient classic and should be really easy to find at most bookstores. It's usuallu put into one volume with Hesiod's other major work- Works & Days. Some stores will have it in the Literature section, others in poetry, others in history- I've gone to several different Borders for example, and seen it in a different section in each store! If you can't find it, ask...someone in the store should be able to help you find it pretty quickly.

It's also available for free right here:

http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/348

(the linked text, by the way, is to an ebook for what is considered by many to be one of the best translations of these works in existance. It includes Hesiod's Theogony, Works & Days, the Homeric Hymns and several other texts by Homer and Hesiod. This book is also starting to become rather difficult to find. It includes the text in both English and Ancient Greek.)

The Oxford World Classics translation is also pretty good, I have both.

[Fiamma]

I'm not sure where you can buy it, but i think you can get it online, for example here, on Sacred-texts, http://www.sacred-texts.com/cla/hesiod/theogony.htm.

I think that's the one that was meant anyway.

Hope it helps :).


I onoy know of one Theogony :-)

[Agaliha]

Just some other possiblities (From Wikipedia)--


In Greek mythology (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_mythology), Asteria was the sixth Amazon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazons) killed by Heracles (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heracles) when he came for Hippolyte (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hecate).
A Star-Goddess, the daughter of Coeus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coeus) and Phoebe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoebe_%28mythology%29) and sister of Leto (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leto), Asteria flung herself into the ocean to escape the advances of Zeus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeus). She became the island of the same name. Alternatively, she changed herself into a quail to avoid him.
A nymph (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nymph) that turned into a quail (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quail) to escape from Zeus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeus).
Another name for Star stones (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_stone).
A typeface; see Asteria (typeface) (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Asteria_%28typeface%29&action=edit)

[Zephyrstorm]

Thank you Agaliha. :)