Note 189 — THE THEOGONY.
George Chapman translation
Asteria, blest in fame.] According to Callimachus Asteria was metamorphosed into the Isle of Delos: a term which alludes to its appearing after having been submerged in the sea: δηλος, visible. Asteria is from αστηρ a star.
Asteria was thy name Of old: since like a star from heaven on high Thou didst leap down precipitate within A fathomless abyss of waters, flying From nuptial violence of Jove. Hymn to Delos.