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Asterion (king of Crete)

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with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4.
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with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918.
185:, who assumed the form of a bull (not to be confused with the Cretan Bull that was sire to the minotaur) to accomplish his role. Asterion brought up his stepsons: 209:. When he died without male heirs, Asterion gave his kingdom to Minos, who promptly "banished" his brothers after quarreling with them. 391:
translated by William Henry Denham Rouse (1863-1950), from the Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1940.
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and became the ruler of the island. Asterion inherited the throne from his father and he was the king of
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at the time when Europa was abducted by Zeus and brought to his kingdom. He married
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Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library
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Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library
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Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library
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King
Crete
Minos
Tectamus
Dorus
Cretheus
Crete
Aeolians
Pelasgians
Crete
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Zeus
Minos
Underworld
Rhadamanthus
Blessed Island
Sarpedon
Lycia
Crete
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Apollodorus
3.1.2
Homer
Iliad
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