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Asteria (ăstēr`ēə), in Greek mythology, daughter of the Titans Coeus and Phoebe, mother of Hecate by Perses. To escape Zeus' amorous advances, she turned into a quail, jumped into the sea, and became the isle of Ortygia (quail island). asteria [ə′stir·ē·ə] (lapidary) A gemstone that displays a star or rayed figure when cut in the cabochon style in the proper crystallographic plane. asteria symbol of motherly affection. [Gem. Symbolism: Jobes, 144] See : Love, Maternal How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Also she bare Asteria of happy name, whom Perses once led to his great house to be called his dear wife. I suspect that the authoress in her mind makes Telemachus come back from Pylos to the Lilybaean promontory and thence to Trapani through the strait between the Isola Grande and the mainland--the island of Asteria being the one on which Motya afterwards stood. |
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