This page is about the Greek deity. For the airline, see Astraeus . For the genus of earthstars, see Astraeus .In Greek mythology, Astraeus (other times spelled Astraeos) is an astrological deity and the Titan-god of the dusk. His original Greek name, Astraios (????????), translates "dawn of the stars", the time when the stars come out, or simply dusk (lit. "stardawn": astra- meaning "stars"; the -eos portion meaning "dawn"). In Hesiod's Theogony and in the Bibliotheca, Astraeus is a second-ge