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Aegina (/ ɪ ˈ dʒ aɪ n ə /; [3] Greek: Αίγινα pronounced; Ancient Greek: Αἴγῑνα) [a] is one of the Saronic Islands of Greece in the Saronic Gulf, 27 km (17 mi) from Athens. Tradition derives the name from Aegina, the mother of the mythological hero Aeacus, who was born on the island and became its king. [4]
Portes (Greek: Πόρτες) is a Greek fishing village located on the east side of Aegina. It is about 28 km from the main town of Aegina. [1] Behind the village is an agricultural plain with hills on the edges. [1] There is a tiny harbour with fishing boats surrounded by a rocky mole. [1] The shore and sea bed are pebbly. [1]
Aegean Sea with island groups Extent of the Aegean Sea. This is a list of Aegean Islands, which includes the English, Modern Greek, Ancient Greek, Latin, Medieval Latin, and Italian names for these islands in the Aegean Sea arranged by island group.
Aegina (/ i ˈ dʒ aɪ n ə /; 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.
Hera, queen of the gods, sent a plague to kill all the human inhabitants of Aegina because the island was named for one of the lovers of Zeus.King Aeacus, a son of Zeus and the intended target of Hera along with his mother, prayed to his father for a means to repopulate the island.
The Saronic Islands or Argo-Saronic Islands is an archipelago in Greece, named after the Saronic Gulf in which they are located, just off the Greek mainland. [1] The main inhabited islands of this group are Salamis, Aegina, Agistri, and Poros.