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Aeaea, Ææa or Eëä (/ iː ˈ iː ə / ee-EE-ə or / ə ˈ iː ə / ə-EE-ə; Ancient Greek: Αἰαία, romanized: Aiaíā [ai̯.ǎi̯.aː]) was a mythological island said to be the home of the goddess-sorceress Circe. "Circe would fain have held me back in her halls, the guileful lady of Aeaea, yearning that I should be her husband".
Derived from the Greek name Νικόλαος (Nikolaos), understood to mean "victory of the people", being a compound of νίκη nikē "victory" and λαός Laos "people". Oswald: Oßwald: Oßwalt: m: Composed of two Anglo-Saxon elements, Ōs meaning "god" and weald meaning "rule" or "power" Paul: Paulß [34] Paulus, Pauluß: m
The Telegony (Ancient Greek: Τηλεγόνεια, romanized: Tēlegóneia; Latin: Telegonia) is a lost ancient Greek epic poem about Telegonus, son of Odysseus by Circe.His name ("born far away") is indicative of his birth on Aeaea, far from Odysseus' home of Ithaca.
According to Greek legend, Circe lived on the island of Aeaea. Although Homer is vague when it comes to the island's whereabouts, the early 3rd BC author Apollonius of Rhodes's epic poem Argonautica locates Aeaea somewhere south of Aethalia , within view of the Tyrrhenian shore (that is, the western coast of Italy). [9]
When Odysseus arrived in Hades, Elpenor was the first shade to meet Odysseus, and pleaded with him to return to Aeaea and give him a proper cremation and burial. After finishing his task in the underworld, Odysseus returned to Aeaea and cremated Elpenor's body, then buried him with his armour and marked the grave with an oar of his ship.
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Aea was fell victim to the pursuit of Phasis, the river god, who desired her.She shoot her arrows at him and ran away from him, but eventually the chase wore her down. Phasis caught her and bound her on the wa
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