Asterion
asterion
asterion as·te·ri·on (ās-tēr’ē-ŏn’, -ən)
n.
the junction of the lambdoid, occipitomastoid, and parietomastoid sutures on the skull.
historical examples
pausanias represents asterion, whose tomb is said to have been discovered in lydia, as a son of anac, and of an enormous size.
a new system; or, an -n-lysis of antient mythology. volume i. jacob bryant
then in this condition he made her live with asterion the king of the cretans.
hesiod, the homeric hymns, and homerica homer and hesiod
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