Astraeus was a Titan of astronomy and astrology. He was also the god of dusk. The son of Crius and Eurybia, his siblings were Pallas and Persaeus. He was the husband of his cousin Aurora and, by her, father of the Venti (Aquilo, Favonius, Auster, Eurus, and Lucifer) and the Stellae Errantae. He participated in the Titanomachy and was imprisoned in Tartarus for this. He is sometimes considered to have taught mankind astrology.
Etymology[]
Astraeus derives from the greek word "aster" meaning star.
Mythology[]
Genealogy[]
Most sources say that he is a child of Crius and Eurybia, but Hyginus wrote that he was the child of Tartarus and Gaia, and was one of the Giants or Gigantes.
Marriage[]
Astraeus, who was the god of dusk, married Eos, the goddess of dawn. The result was many sky-related children, like The Anemoi (The Winds), and The Astra Planeta (The Planets).
As an oracular god[]
In some texts, Astraeus is an oracular god. One day the goddess Demeter visited him, worried about the future of her daughter, Persephone. On Olympus, she had a lot of admirers in and Demeter worried that she would marry Hephaestus. Astraeus then told her that soon, Persephone would be taken by a serpent, and give birth to fruit from that union, which upset Demeter.
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| Titans | |
|---|---|
| Parents | Ouranós • Gaîa |
| Elder Titans | Coeus • Crius • Cronus • Hyperion • Iapetus • Oceanus |
| Elder Titanesses | Dione • Mnemosyne • Phoebe • Theia • Rhea • Themis • Tethys |
| Coeonides | Asteria • Leto |
| Crionides | Astraeus • Pallas • Perses |
| Hyperionides | Eos • Hḗlios • Selene |
| Iapetonides | Atlas • Epimetheus • Menoetius • Prometheus |
| Oceanides | Potamoi • Rhode • Styx |
| Others | Anemoi • Astra Planeta • Kratos • Eurynome • Hecate • Lelantos • Melisseus • Metis • Nike • Ophion |
| Topics | Overthrowing of Ouranós • Titanomachy |