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Aegina

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nymph, eponym of the island Aegina

Key facts

Abode
Phlius , later Aegina
Parents
Asopus and Metope
Offspring
Aeacus and Damocrateia , or Menoetius , or Sinope

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Wikidata facts

Part of
naiad
Gender
female
Spouse
Actor
Father
Asopus
Mother
Metope
Image
Ferdinand Bol - Aegina wacht op de komst van Zeus.jpg
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Commons category
Aegina (Oceanid)
unmarried partner
Zeus
described by source
Pauly–Wissowa
from narrative universe
Greek mythology
name in native language
Αίγινα
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Encyclopedic overview

Aegina (/iˈdʒaɪnə/; Ancient Greek: Αἴγινα) was a figure of Greek mythology, the nymph of the island that bears her name, Aegina, lying in the Saronic Gulf between Attica and the Peloponnesos. The archaic Temple of Aphaea, the "Invisible Goddess", on the island was later subsumed by the cult of Athena. Aphaia (Ἀφαῖα) may be read as an attribute of Aegina that provides an epithet, or as a doublet of the goddess.

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