Aega (mythology)
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Mythology
According to other traditions mentioned by Hyginus, Aega was a daughter of
According to other authors, Aega was a daughter of
Similar, though somewhat different accounts, were given by Euemerus and others.[3] It is clear that in some of these stories Aega is regarded as a nymph, and in others as a goat, though the two ideas are not kept clearly distinct from each other. Her name is either connected with αίξ, which signifies a goat, or with άιξ, a gale of wind; and this circumstance has led some critics to consider the myth about her as made up of two distinct ones, one being of an astronomical nature and derived from the constellation Capella, the rise of which brings storms and tempests,[4] and the other referring to the goat which was believed to have suckled the infant Zeus in Crete.[5]
Notes
- De Astronomica2.13
- ISBN 9780874365818.
- ^ Eratosthenes, Catasterismi 13; Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 36; Lactantius, Divine Institutes 1.22.19
- ^ Aratus, Phaenomena 150
- ^ Schmitz, Leonhard (1867), "Aega", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 1, Boston, p. 24
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References
- Antoninus Liberalis, The Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis translated by Francis Celoria (Routledge 1992). Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Aratus Solensis, Phaenomena translated by G. R. Mair. Loeb Classical Library Volume 129. London: William Heinemann, 1921. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Aratus Solensis, Phaenomena. G. R. Mair. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1921. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Bell, Robert E., Women of Classical Mythology: A Biographical Dictionary. ISBN 9780874365818, 0874365813.
- Gaius Julius Hyginus, Astronomica from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Lactantius, Divine Institutes translated by William Fletcher (1810-1900). From Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. 7. Edited by Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, and A. Cleveland Coxe. Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1886. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Aega". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.