Asius
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Asius or Asios may refer to:
- Asius HyrtacidesAsius (mythology)In Greek mythology, Asius refers to two people who fought during the Trojan War:* Asius son of Hyrtacus was the leader of the Trojan allies that hailed from, on, or near the Dardanelles. He was a son of Hyrtacus and Arisbe, the latter being first wife of King Priam and daughter of Merops...
son of HyrtacusHyrtacusIn Greek mythology, Hyrtacus is an obscure character associated with the Trojan War. He was a comrade of King Priam of Troy. Hyrtacus married Arisbe, daughter of King Merops of Percote, after Priam had divorced her to marry Hecabe. Hyrtacus's son by Arisbe was named Asius and fought at Troy. In...
. - Asius (son of Dymas)Asius (mythology)In Greek mythology, Asius refers to two people who fought during the Trojan War:* Asius son of Hyrtacus was the leader of the Trojan allies that hailed from, on, or near the Dardanelles. He was a son of Hyrtacus and Arisbe, the latter being first wife of King Priam and daughter of Merops...
. - Asius of SamosAsius of SamosAsius of Samos was an ancient Greek poet whose work survives in the form of fragments quoted by other ancient authors. All that is known about the man is that he was from Samos and that his father's name was Amphiptolemus. His era is inferred from the style and content of the remains, which suit...
, an ancient Greek genealogical poet. - Asius (wasp), a genusGenusIn biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of gelinineGelinaeCryptinae, Gelinae, Phygadeuontinae and Hemitelinae are names used interchangeably for a subfamily of the ichneumon wasp family of insects. The first three listed are more commonly used. "Cryptinae" was formally proposed by the ICZN, but "Phygadeuontinae" may be the technically valid name....
waspWaspThe term wasp is typically defined as any insect of the order Hymenoptera and suborder Apocrita that is neither a bee nor an ant. Almost every pest insect species has at least one wasp species that preys upon it or parasitizes it, making wasps critically important in natural control of their...
s. - an Osian
- 11554 Asios11554 Asios11554 Asios is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on January 22, 1993 by E. W. Elst at the European Southern Observatory.- External links :*...
, an asteroid