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  2. Aeaea - Wikipedia

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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".

  3. Circe - Wikipedia

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    Circe (/ ˈ s ər s iː /; [1] Ancient Greek: Κίρκη : Kírkē) is an enchantress and a minor goddess in ancient Greek mythology and religion. [2] In most accounts, Circe is described as the daughter of the sun god Helios and the Oceanid nymph Perse. Circe was renowned for her vast knowledge of potions and herbs.

  4. Aea (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    In Greek mythology, Aea (Ancient Greek: Αἶα, romanized: Aia) was a huntress of Colchis, who attracted the unwanted attention of a local river-god. Mythology [ edit ]

  5. Sirenum Scopuli - Wikipedia

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    According to the Roman poets Virgil (Aeneid, 5.864) and Ovid, the Sirenum Scopuli were three small rocky islands where the sirens of Greek mythology lived and lured sailors to their deaths. "The Sirenum Scopuli are sharp rocks that stand about a stone's throw from the south side of the island" of Capri , was Joseph Addison 's confident ...

  6. Aeëtes - Wikipedia

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    Aeëtes (/ iː ˈ iː t iː z / ee-EE-teez; Ancient Greek: Αἰήτης, romanized: Aiḗtēs, IPA: [ai̯.ɛ̌ːtɛːs]), or Aeeta, was the ruler of the eponymous realm of Aea in Greek mythology, a wondrous realm which from the fifth century B.C.E. onward became identified with the kingdom of Colchis east in the Black Sea. [1]

  7. Aeacus - Wikipedia

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    Aeacus (/ ˈ iː ə k ə s /; also spelled Eacus; Ancient Greek: Αἰακός) was a king of the island of Aegina in Greek mythology.He was a son of Zeus and the nymph Aegina, and the father of the heroes Peleus and Telamon. [1]

  8. Eurylochus - Wikipedia

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    In Greek mythology, Eurylochus (/ j ə ˈ r ɪ l ə k ə s /; Ancient Greek: Εὐρύλοχος Eurúlokhos) appears in Homer's Odyssey as second-in-command of Odysseus' ship during the return to Ithaca after the Trojan War. [1] [2] He is portrayed as an unpleasant, cowardly individual who undermines Odysseus and stirs up trouble.

  9. Aeolia (mythical island) - Wikipedia

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    Aeolia (Ancient Greek: 'Αἰολία), the island kingdom of Aeolus, the ruler of the winds, visited by Odysseus in Homer's Odyssey. In the Odyssey , Aeolus' Aeolia was purely mythical, a floating island surrounded by "a wall of unbreakable bronze" where the "cliffs run up shear".