sᴀᴘᴘʜɪᴄ ᴍʏᴛʜᴏʟᴏɢʏ﹕ ᴀsᴛᴇʀɪᴀ
Iɴ Gʀᴇᴇᴋ﹐ Asᴛᴇʀɪᴀ ᴍᴇᴀɴs ‘ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ sᴛᴀʀs’. Iɴ ᴍʏᴛʜᴏʟᴏɢʏ﹐ sʜᴇ ᴡᴀs ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴀᴜɢʜᴛᴇʀ ᴏғ Tɪᴛᴀɴs Cᴏᴇᴜs ᴀɴᴅ Pʜᴇᴏʙᴇ﹐ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ sɪsᴛᴇʀ ᴏғ Lᴇᴛᴏ. Sʜᴇ ᴡᴀs ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴏᴅᴅᴇss ᴏғ ғᴀʟʟɪɴɢ sᴛᴀʀs ᴀɴᴅ ɴᴏᴄᴛᴜʀɴᴀʟ ᴏʀᴀᴄʟᴇs. Sʜᴇ ғʟᴜɴɢ ʜᴇʀsᴇʟғ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ Aᴇɢᴇᴀɴ Sᴇᴀ ᴀs ᴀ ϙᴜᴀɪʟ ᴛᴏ ᴇsᴄᴀᴘᴇ Zᴇᴜs ᴀɴᴅ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴍᴇ Oʀᴛʏɢɪᴀ﹐ ᴏʀ ‘ϙᴜᴀɪʟ ɪsʟᴀɴᴅ’. Wʜᴇɴ ʜᴇʀ sɪsᴛᴇʀ Lᴇᴛᴏ﹐ ᴘʀᴇɢɴᴀɴᴛ ᴡɪᴛʜ Aᴘᴏʟʟᴏ ᴀɴᴅ Aʀᴛᴇᴍɪs﹐ ᴡᴀs ᴘᴜʀsᴜᴇᴅ ʙʏ Hᴇʀᴀ﹐ Asᴛᴇʀɪᴀ’s ɪsʟᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴀs ᴛʜᴇ ᴏɴᴇ ᴘʟᴀᴄᴇ ᴏɴ ᴇᴀʀᴛʜ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ɢᴀᴠᴇ ʜᴇʀ ʀᴇғᴜɢᴇ.