Astris

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

  1. ^ Parada, p. 30.
  2. ^ Nonnus, Dionysiaca 17.282, 23.236, 26.355, 27.199–203, 33.151–152. Rouse, p. 52 n. c says the name Astris is a Nonnus invention.
  3. ^ Nonnus, Dionysiaca 17.282
  4. ^ Nonnus, Dionysiaca 26.351–355
  5. ^ Rouse, p. 52 n. b.