# Astris

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In [Greek mythology](/source/Greek_mythology), '''Astris''' ({{Langx|grc|Ἀστρὶς|4=derived from ἀστήρ ''astêr'' meaning 'star' or 'starry}}) or '''[Asteria](/source/Asteria_(mythology))'''<ref>Parada, p. 30.</ref> was, in [Nonnus](/source/Nonnus)'s ''[Dionysiaca](/source/Dionysiaca)'',<ref>[Nonnus](/source/Nonnus), ''[Dionysiaca](/source/Dionysiaca)'' 17.282, 23.236, 26.355, 27.199–203, 33.151–152. Rouse, [https://archive.org/details/dionysiaca02nonnuoft/page/52 p. 52 n. c] says the name Astris is a Nonnus invention.</ref>  one of the [Heliades](/source/Heliades), daughters of [Helios](/source/Helios), either by the [Oceanid](/source/Oceanid) [Clymene](/source/Clymene_(mother_of_Phaethon))<ref>Nonnus, ''Dionysiaca'' 17.282</ref> or the [Oceanid](/source/Oceanid) [Ceto](/source/Ceto_(Greek_myth)).<ref>Nonnus, ''Dionysiaca'' 26.351–355</ref> She married the river god [Hydaspes](/source/Hydaspes_(mythology)) (the modern [Jhelum River](/source/Jhelum_River)) and became mother of Deriades, king of the Indians.<ref>Rouse, [https://archive.org/details/dionysiaca02nonnuoft/page/52 p. 52 n. b].</ref>

==Other uses==
The third stage of the [ELDO](/source/European_Launcher_Development_Organisation) [Europa rocket](/source/Europa_(rocket)) was named after the deity : [Astris](/source/Astris_(rocket_stage)).{{cn|date=March 2023}}

== See also ==
* [Heliades](/source/Heliades)
* [Heliadae](/source/Heliadae)
* [Phaethon](/source/Phaethon)

==Notes==
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==References==
* [Nonnus](/source/Nonnus), ''[Dionysiaca](/source/Dionysiaca)''; translated by [Rouse, W H D](/source/W._H._D._Rouse), II Books XVI&ndash;XXXV. [Loeb Classical Library](/source/Loeb_Classical_Library) No. 345, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1940. [https://archive.org/stream/dionysiaca02nonnuoft#page/n5/mode/2up Internet Archive]
* Parada, Carlos, ''Genealogical Guide to Greek Mythology'', Jonsered, Paul Åströms Förlag, 1993. {{ISBN|978-91-7081-062-6}}.

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