Asterion
deity Greek single tradition · 3
Asterion is the offspring of Pasiphaë and the Cretan Bull. He became known as the Minotaur.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Attested in Classical Greece.
Relationships
- parent of
- Acraea
- co occurs with
- Brutus, Genvissa, Cornelia, Coel, Troy Game, Noah, Ariane, Daedalus, Icarus, Minos, Poseidon, Artemis (Diana), Ariadne, Theseus
- manifests as
- Minotaur
- child of
- Cretan Bull, Pasiphaë
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (3)
Source passages
“Pasiphaë fell pregnant and gave birth to a half-human half-bull creature that fed solely on human flesh. The child was named Asterion (or Asterius), after the previous king, but was commonly called the Minotaur ("the bull of Minos").”
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“Grace - daughter of Asterion and Noah - remains bound in agony to Catling, her wrists cruelly scarred by the otherworldly restraints. There are none, it seems, who can help Grace. Certainly not her mother or father.”
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“Mark Irons as Asterion”
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