Astris

In Greek mythology, Astris (or Asteria) was one of the Heliades, daughters of Helios, either by the Oceanid Clymene or the Oceanid Ceto.[1][2] She married the river god Hydaspes (the modern Jhelum River) and became mother of Deriades, king in India.[3][4][5]

References

  1. ↑ Nonnus Dionysiaca 17. 269 ff
  2. ↑ Nonnus Dionysiaca 26.350
  3. ↑ Nonnus Dionysiaca 26.32
  4. ↑ Nonnus Dionysiaca 26.350
  5. ↑ Nonnus, Dionysiaca 27. 189 ff

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