Aegina (mythology)

Aegina awaiting the arrival of Zeus, the work of Ferdinand Bol. For other uses, see Aegina (disambiguation). In Greek mythology, Aegina (in Greek Αίγινα) was a nymph daughter of the god-river Asopo and Metope. He conceived at least two children: Actor had Menecio; and from Zeus to Aeaco. Menecio and Éaco would later become kings.

Menecio was king of Opunte and one of the Argonauts. For him was Aegina grandmother of Patroclus, the companion of Achilles.

Aeaco, king of Aegina Island, was known to have helped Poseidon and Apollo build the walls of Troy. For him Aegina was great-grandmother of Achilles, who was son of Peleus, and this one of Eaco. The abduction According to tradition, Zeus took the form of an eagle and abducted Aegina, taking it to an island of the Saronic Gulf near Attica called then Enone or Enopia, and that from the abduction, is known as Aegina. The father of Aegina, Asopus, heard about Sisyphus from the rapture and ran after them, but Zeus threw his beams at him, returning him to his bed. Aegina ended up given birth to the son of Zeus: Éaco, that would become king of the island.

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