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CHRISTOPHER BARON

University of Notre Dame

Mythical water nymph, daughter of the river‐god Asopus and eponymous of the island polis AEGINA. In the Histories, her lineage provides a clue to help the Thebans interpret an ORACLE from DELPHI telling them to “ask those who are closest” for help in gaining VENGEANCE on ATHENS: Aegina and THEBE (1) are both daughters of Asopus (5.79–80; cf. Pind. Isthm. 8.16–23). Aegina’s son by ZEUS, Aeacus, was an important figure in numerous mythical GENEALOGIES. The Athenian Philaidae clan, which included MILTIADES THE ELDER, traced their ancestry back to AEACUS and Aegina (6.35.1).

SEE ALSO: Ajax; Asopus River (Boeotia); Thebes (Boeotian)