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175:, 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, and the other referring to the goat which was believed to have suckled the infant Zeus in Crete. 422: 412:
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.
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Similar, though somewhat different accounts, were given by Euemerus and others. It is clear that in some of these stories Aega is regarded as a
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to conceal her in the earth. She was accordingly confined in a cave in Crete, where she became the nurse of Zeus. In the
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translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies.
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translated by G. R. Mair. Loeb Classical Library Volume 129. London: William Heinemann, 1921.
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According to other traditions mentioned by Hyginus, Aega was a daughter of
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Women of Classical Mythology: A Biographical Dictionary
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Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
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Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library
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Index

Boetis
Aega (disambiguation)
Greek mythology
Ancient Greek
Hyginus
Olenus
Hephaestus
Helice
Zeus
Crete
Capella
Melisseus
Crete
Zeus
Amalthea
Pan
Aegipan
Helios
Titans
Olympus
Gaia
Titanomachy
oracle
nymph
goat
Hyginus
De Astronomica
2.13.5
ISBN
9780874365818

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