ASTRA PLANETA : Greek gods of the wandering stars or planets ; m. THE ASTRA PLANETA were the gods of the five wandering stars or planets. They were named Phainon (the planet of Kronos, Roman Saturn), Phaethon (the planet of Zeus, Roman Jupiter), Pyroeis (the planet of Ares, Mars), Eosphoros (the planet of Aphrodite, Venus), and Stilbon (the planet of Hermes, Mercury). In Greek vase painting they were depicted as youths diving into the river Okeanos with the rising of Helios the sun. The planets invisible to the naked eye--Uranus, Neptune and Pluto--were only discovered and named in modern times. They were unknown to the ancients. Hesiod, Theogony 378 ff (trans. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1. 8 - 9 (trans. Plato, Cratylus 400d & 409c (trans. Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1. 498 ff (trans. Aratus, Phaenomena 454 ff (trans. Philostratus the Elder, Imagines 1. 11 (trans. Orphic Hymn 7 to the Stars (trans. Anonymous, Hero and Leander Fragment (trans. Pseudo-Hyginus, Astronomica 2. 4 (trans.
Ovid, Metamorphoses 2. 112 ff (trans. Sources: Mythology, folklore, and religion. Women in Greek Myths. THEOI GREEK MYTHOLOGY, Exploring Mythology & the Greek Gods in C. Greek Gods Family Tree. Ludios.org.