This article is about the figure in Greek mythology. For the heretic, see Asterius the Sophist.
In Greek mythology, King Asterion of Crete was the husband of Europa and stepfather of her children by Zeus: Minos, Rhadamanthus and Sarpedon. When he died, Asterion gave his kingdom to Minos, who promptly banished his brothers. His Roman name is Asterius.
Asterius 3 was son of Tectamus, who sailed to Crete with Aeolians and Pelasgians and became king of the island, and a daughter of Cretheus 1, son of Aeolus 1.
Tectamus, from whom Asterius 3 inherited the throne of Crete, was son of Dorus 1, eponym of the Dorians and son of Hellen 1, eponym of the Hellenes and son of Deucalion 1, the man who survived the Flood [Apd.3.1.2; Dio.4.60.2-3; Nonn.2.695].
Asterius 5 was son of Minos 2 and Androgenia, a girl from Phaestus in Crete.
Asterius of Amasea was born in Pontus, in Asia Minor and part of the Persian Empire.
The extant writings of Asterius are twenty-one scriptural homilies on penance, the beginning of the fasts, various spiritual and doctrinal matters as well as a work on the life of his predecessor, Saint Basil.
Asterius repeatedly taught the pre-eminent authority and jurisdiction of Saint Peter and his successors as head of the visible Church with authority over all Christians.
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