Astaphaios
{{Short description|Planeary alias in gnosticism for Venus}}
{{Gnosticism}}
In Sethian Gnosticism, Astaphaios is an archon.{{cite book|last=Barnstone|first=Willis|title=The Gnostic Bible|publisher=Shambhala|publication-place=Boston|year=2003|isbn=1-57062-242-6|oclc=51984869|page=}} In On the Origin of the World, he is one of the three sons of Yaldabaoth, with the other two being Yao and Eloai. In the Apocryphon of John, he is the third of the seven archons.{{cite book|last1=Meyer|first1=Marvin|author-link1=Marvin Meyer|title=The Nag Hammadi scriptures|publisher=HarperOne|publication-place=New York|year=2007|isbn=978-0-06-162600-5|oclc=124538398}}