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Asteria
« on: April 11, 2013, 02:41:06 AM »
What and where is Asteria?  I have looked at the virtual tours and saw it, but I can't work out where it is  :)




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Re: Asteria
« Reply #1 on: April 11, 2013, 09:50:56 AM »
Is it not another name for 2 Star?
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Re: Asteria
« Reply #2 on: April 11, 2013, 10:26:52 AM »
It's the Greek for "of the stars" or a Titan of that name. Pronounced aster EE a

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Re: Asteria
« Reply #3 on: April 11, 2013, 06:11:04 PM »
I love this forum!  Forever learning.

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Re: Asteria
« Reply #4 on: April 11, 2013, 09:40:34 PM »
It's the Greek for "of the stars" or a Titan of that name. Pronounced aster EE a

Like Jimbo, I can use the Internet as well:

 "Asteria" is the modern Greek word for "stars". It is pronounced "aah-stare-ya". The singular wordstem "astro-" is from Greek and used to refer to the studies of stars, or things that were thought to be stars, for example, astronomy, asteroid, astrophysics and so on.


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Re: Asteria
« Reply #5 on: April 12, 2013, 12:20:37 AM »
informative and...............................competitive!

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Re: Asteria
« Reply #6 on: April 12, 2013, 02:01:12 AM »
I actually have a Greek dictionary. The word is Ἀστερία. The stress mark is over the iota. Which means it not the Latin or Italian pronunciation, but aster -EE -a, or As-TREE-a, when said quickly.

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Re: Asteria
« Reply #7 on: April 12, 2013, 12:11:34 PM »
And the answer to Bee's question is....?

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Re: Asteria
« Reply #8 on: April 12, 2013, 12:17:38 PM »
Love that you ask a question and someone always has the answer!

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Re: Asteria
« Reply #9 on: April 12, 2013, 03:14:24 PM »
I would guess that "stars" is a clue!

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Re: Asteria
« Reply #10 on: April 12, 2013, 03:51:56 PM »
Thanks guys, I must assume from the answers that it is the Two Stars and I do know where that is  ;)


 

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