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    Aegina (/ɪˈdʒaɪnə/; Greek: Αίγινα, Aígina; Ancient Greek: Αἴγῑνα) is one of the Saronic Islands of Greece in the Saronic Gulf, 27 km (17 mi) from Athens...
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    Nectarios of Aegina (Greek: Νεκτάριος Αιγίνης; 1 October 1846 – 8 November 1920), Metropolitan of Pentapolis and Wonderworker of Aegina, is one of the...
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  • Look up Aegina, Αἴγινα, or Αίγινα in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Aegina is an island of Greece. Aegina may also refer to: Aegina (genus), a genus...
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    Aegina (/iˈdʒaɪnə/; Ancient Greek: Αἴγινα) was a figure of Greek mythology, the nymph of the island that bears her name, Aegina, lying in the Saronic...
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    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...
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    Aegina (from Latin Aegīna, Aegīnēta), minor planet designation 91 Aegina, is a large main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by a French astronomer Édouard...
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    The Flag of Aegina is the flag used in Aegina island in Greece. The flag of Aegina is diagonally divided by a white stripe, with the upper part blue with...
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    Silver staters of Aegina The Coinage of Aegina began in the 6th century BC. The front has a sea turtle design, while the back has a punch mark, found on...
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  • worker-ants on the island of Aegina. Hera, queen of the gods, sent a plague to kill all the human inhabitants of Aegina because the island was named for...
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    was worshipped almost exclusively at a single sanctuary on the island of Aegina in the Saronic Gulf. She originated as early as the 14th century BCE as...
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    Saronic Gulf (redirect from Gulf of Aegina)
    The Saronic Gulf (Greek: Σαρωνικός κόλπος, Saronikós kólpos) or Gulf of Aegina in Greece is formed between the peninsulas of Attica and Argolis and forms...
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    within a sanctuary complex dedicated to the goddess Aphaia on the island of Aegina, which lies in the Saronic Gulf. Formerly known as the Temple of Jupiter...
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    Paul of Aegina or Paulus Aegineta (Greek: Παῦλος Αἰγινήτης; Aegina, c. 625 – c. 690) was a 7th-century Byzantine Greek physician best known for writing...
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  • The Battle of Aegina was a sea battle that took place in 458 BCE between Aegina, aided by the Peloponnesian League, and Athens, as part of the Third Messenian...
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  • Aegina rosea is a species of hydrozoan of the family Aeginidae. It is one of two species in the genus Aegina, which was believed to be monotypic, until...
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  • Greek fishing village located on the east side of Aegina. It is about 28 km from the main town of Aegina. Behind the village is an agricultural plain with...
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    Amphioctopus aegina, commonly referred to as the marbled octopus or the sandbird octopus, is a bottom dwelling species residing in the coastal zone of...
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    Aegina insists that Crassus pursue the slave army immediately. The lovers celebrate their escape to the "Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia". Aegina discovers...
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  • Sostratos of Aegina (Greek: Σώστρατος ὁ Αιγινήτης), son of Laodamus, is reported by Herodotus as a famous merchant in the sixth century BC Hellenic world...
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  • mythology, it was also the name of the gods of those rivers. Zeus carried off Aegina, Asopus' daughter, and Sisyphus, who had witnessed the act, told Asopus...
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    or "O Pure Virgin", is a Greek Marian hymn composed by St. Nectarios of Aegina in the late 19th century, first published in print in his Theotokarion (Θεοτοκάριον...
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    Journey' by Lance Nielsen in Aegina – Discover Aegina Greece – Visitors Guide to Aegina Greece – Municipality of Aegina". Retrieved 31 October 2016. "Jason...
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    Aegina citrea is a genus of hydrozoans in the family Aeginidae. There are two recognized species in the genus Aegina: Aegina citrea Eschscholtz, 1829 Aegina...
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  • Glaucias was a sculptor of Aegina, who made the bronze chariot and statue of Gelon. Gelon was the son of Deinomenes and a ruler and tyrant of Syracuse...
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    to his newly named "aegina species complex", a group of octopuses forming a distinct constellation characterized by Octopus aegina. The genus Amphioctopus...
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  • Polus (Ancient Greek: Πῶλος) of Aegina was a celebrated tragic actor, the son of Charicles of Sunium, and a disciple of Archias of Thurii. It is related...
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  • Zanola aegina is a moth in the family Apatelodidae. It was described by Caspar Stoll in 1782. It is found in Suriname. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching...
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    Euthymenes of Aegina has "twice fallen into the arms of Victory" and achieved fame. In Bacchylides Ode 12 Nike encourages Teisias of Aegina to compete in...
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  • Aegina, where ten hostages were seized and given to Athens. However, after Cleomenes' death in 488 BC, Leotychidas was almost surrendered to Aegina....
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  • Saint Athanasia of Aegina (c.790 in Aegina – 14 August 860 in Timia, Greece) was a saint who worked in the Byzantine Empire and was for a while adviser...
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