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Asterion inherited the throne from his father and he was the king of Crete at the time when Europa was abducted by Zeus and brought to his kingdom. He married Europa and became the stepfather of her sons by Zeus , [ 1 ] who assumed the form of a bull (not to be confused with the Cretan Bull that was sire to the minotaur) to accomplish his role.
In Greek mythology, Asterion / ə ˈ s t ɪər i ə n / (Greek: Ἀστερίων, gen.: Ἀστερίωνος, literally "starry") or Asterius / ə ˈ s t ɪər i ə s / (Ἀστέριος) may refer to the following figures: Asterion, one of the Potamoi. [1] Asterius, one of the Giants. [2] Asterion, an attendant of the starry-god Astraeus. [3]
In Greek mythology, Asterion (/ ə ˈ s t ɪər i ə n /; Ancient Greek: Ἀστερίων, gen.: Ἀστερίωνος, literally "starry") was a river-god of Argos. Family [ edit ]
Key: The names of the generally accepted Olympians [11] are given in bold font.. Key: The names of groups of gods or other mythological beings are given in italic font. Key: The names of the Titans have a green background.
In Greek mythology, the Minotaur [b] (Ancient Greek: Μινώταυρος, Mīnṓtauros), also known as Asterion, is a mythical creature portrayed during classical antiquity with the head and tail of a bull and the body of a man [4] (p 34) or, as described by Roman poet Ovid, a being "part man and part bull".
Fragment of a Hellenistic relief (1st century BC–1st century AD) depicting the twelve Olympians carrying their attributes in procession; from left to right: Hestia (scepter), Hermes (winged cap and staff), Aphrodite (veiled), Ares (helmet and spear), Demeter (scepter and wheat sheaf), Hephaestus (staff), Hera (scepter), Poseidon (trident), Athena (owl and helmet), Zeus (thunderbolt and staff ...
Asterius may refer to: . Asterion or Asterius, multiple figures in Greek mythology; Asterius of Ostia (died 223), Christian martyr and saint; Asterius of Caesarea (died 262), Christian martyr and saint
Minos appears in Greek literature as the king of Knossos as early as Homer's Iliad and Odyssey. [2] Thucydides tells us Minos was the most ancient man known to build a navy. [ 3 ] He reigned over Crete and the islands of the Aegean Sea three generations before the Trojan War .