Asteria

Asteria is the name of several characters in Greek mythology.

Titaness, daughter of Coeus
Asteria was the daughter of the Titans Coeus and Phoebe and the sister of Leto. According to Hesiod, by Perses, she had a daughter Hecate.

The Titan goddess of nocturnal oracles and falling stars, Asteria flung herself into the Aegean Sea in the form of a quail in order to escape the advances of Zeus and became the "quail island" of Ortygia. This then became identified with the island of Delos, which was the only piece on earth to give refuge to the fugitive Leto when, pregnant with Zeus's children, she was pursued by the vengeful Hera.

Amazon
Asteria was the ninth Amazon killed by Heracles when he came for the girdle of Hippolyta.

Heliad
Asteria, or Astris, was a daughter of Helios and Clymene or Ceto, one of the Heliades. She married the river god Hydaspes and became the mother of Deriades, king of India.

Danaid
Asteria was one of the Danaids, daughters of Danaus, who, with one exception, murdered their husbands on their wedding nights. Asteria was briefly the bride of Chaetus.

Alkyonide
Asteria was one of the Alkyonides. Along with her sisters, she flung herself into the sea after the death of their father and was turned into a kingfisher.

Consort of Phocus
Asteria, or Asterodia, was the mother of Crisus and Panopeus by Phocus.

Consort of Bellerophon
Asteria was a daughter of Hydeus and the mother of Hydissos by Bellerophon.

Daughter of Coronus
Asteria was a daughter of Coronus and a lover of Apollo. Apollo and Asteria may have been the parents of Idmon.

Daughter of Teucer
Asteria was a daughter of Teucer and Eune.

Athenian Maiden
Asteria was one of the youths being sent into the labyrinth to be devoured by the Minotaur.