Asterion (river god)

Also known as: Asterion · Family: Greek mythology · Role: river deity · First appears: Book 2 · Chapter 15

Life events

• Inachus, Cephisus, and Asterion awarded the land to Hera, so Poseidon removed their water.(Book 2 · Chapter 15 · 📍 Argolis)
  • With: Inachus Cephisus Poseidon Hera
  • “and that he and Cephisus and Asterion were the arbitrators between Poseidon and Hera in their dispute about the land: and when they judged that it was Hera’s, then Poseidon took away all their water.”

Book 2 · Chapter 15

• with Poseidon (Asterion was an arbitrator in the dispute.) “and that he and Cephisus and Asterion were the arbitrators between Poseidon and Hera in their dispute about the land;”
• with Hera (Asterion was an arbitrator in the dispute.) “and that he and Cephisus and Asterion were the arbitrators between Poseidon and Hera in their dispute about the land;”

Book 2 · Chapter 17

• child: Eubœa “they say the daughters of the river god Asterion were Eubœa and Prosymna and Acræa”
• child: Prosymna “they say the daughters of the river god Asterion were Eubœa and Prosymna and Acræa”
• child: Acræa “they say the daughters of the river god Asterion were Eubœa and Prosymna and Acræa”

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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.