Astaphaios
Astaphaios is an archon in Sethian Gnosticism. He is identified with Astanphaeus in Contra Celsum by Origen Adamantius. This archon is associated with the planet Venus.
↻ synthesized from 5 sources
When
- First attested
- 100 CE
- Attested period
- 100 – 400
- Historical notes
- Mentioned by Origen Adamantius in Contra Celsum.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Ezra, Zephaniah, Sabaoth, Adonaios, Elaios, Horaios, Eloaios, Oraios, Athoth, Harmas, Kalila-Oumbri, Yabel, Abel, Abrisene, Yobel, Armoupieel, Melcheir-Adonein, Belias, Adonin, Sabbataios, Yao, Saklas, Nebro, Eloai, Yurba, Seth, Cain, Samael
- syncretized with
- Astanphaeus
- serves
- Yaldabaoth
- allied with
- Christ
- child of
- Yaldabaoth
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“In Sethian Gnosticism, Astanphaeus can be identified with the archon Astaphaios in Contra Celsum by Origen Adamantius. The archon, however, has a different planetary alignment than the angel: Venus, not Mercury.”
#25359 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“On the Origin of the World: Astaphaios is named as a son of Yaldabaoth. Apocryphon of John: He is identified as the third of seven archons.”
#25385 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Eloaios, representing forethought, with the face of a donkey Astaphaios, representing divinity, with the face of a hyena”
#25426 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“In the Nag Hammadi text On the Origin of the World, the three sons of Yaldabaoth are listed as Yao, Eloai, and Astaphaios.”
#25500 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“In On the Origin of the World, he is one of the three sons of Yaldabaoth, with the other two being Astaphaios and Eloai.”
#25661 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5