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Theseus Recognized by his Father by Hippolyte Flandrin (1832). Aegeus (/ ˈ iː dʒ i. ə s /, [1] / ˈ iː dʒ uː s /; [2] Ancient Greek: Αἰγεύς, romanized: Aigeús) was one of the kings of Athens [3] in Greek mythology, who gave his name to the Aegean Sea, was the father of Theseus, [4] and founded Athenian institutions.
The Aegean Sea would later come to be under the control, albeit briefly, of the Kingdom of Macedonia. Philip II and his son Alexander the Great led a series of conquests that led not only to the unification of the Greek mainland and the control of the Aegean Sea under his rule, but also the destruction of the Achaemenid Empire. After Alexander ...
Aegea is a back-formation from "Aegean", the sea that was named after an eponymous Aegeus in early levels of Greek mythology.The Encyclopædia Britannica (1911) mentioned an Aegea, queen of the Amazons, as an alternative eponym of the Aegean Sea.
Patmos (Greek: Πάτμος, pronounced) is a Greek island in the Aegean Sea.It is famous as the location where, according to Christian belief, John of Patmos received the visions found in the Book of Revelation of the New Testament, and where the book was written.
The name suggests a connection with the Aegean Sea. [9] Poseidon was sometimes called Aegaeon or Aegaeus (Αἰγαῖος). [10] Aegaeon could be a patronymic, i.e. "son of Aegaeus", [11] or it could instead mean "the man from Aegae". [12] The name Hecatoncheires derives from the Greek ἑκατόν (hekaton, "hundred") and χείρ (cheir ...
In Greek mythology, Aegaeon (Ancient Greek: Αἰγαίων, romanized: Aigaíōn, lit. 'goatish", "stormy", "Aegean') may refer to the following figures: Aegaeon ...
Pages in category "Aegean Sea in mythology" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Agron (mythology)
It is common in ancient Greek mythology and geography to identify lands or rivers with female figures. Thus, Europa is first used in a geographic context in the Homeric Hymn to Delian Apollo, in reference to the western shore of the Aegean Sea. [8]