The name appears with different meanings in Greek mythology: (1) Asteria was the daughter of the Titans Coeus and Phoebe, the sister of Leto {see planet  (68)}, and by Perseus the mother of Hecate {see planet  (100)}. She was changed into a quail. (2) Asteria was one of the fifty daughters of Danaus. (3) Apollodorus says that Asteria was a daughter of Atlas. (4) Asteria is also a name of a town in Greece. (Z 34) _ _.