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Definition of Aegina
1. Noun. An island in the Aegean Sea in the Saronic Gulf.
Group relationships: Ellas, Greece, Hellenic Republic
Generic synonyms: Aegean Island
2. Noun. Small medusa.
Definition of Aegina
1. Proper noun. an island in Greece ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aegina
Literary usage of Aegina
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great by John Bagnell Bury (1913)
"STRUGGLE OF ATHENS AND Aegina Hostility of At this time Aegina was the strongest
naval power ... Legend said that the nymphs Aegina and Theba were sisters; ..."
2. Catalogue of the Terracottas in the Department of Greek and Roman by Henry Beauchamp Walters (1903)
"82) that Demeter was so denominated in Aegina ; of. also Paus. ii. ... Remarkable
evidence as to the cult of this goddess in Aegina has been yielded by ..."
3. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities by William Smith (1891)
"11) of the temple at Aegina, as restored by Parthenon, 1883). There is, however,
little real evidence to support this theory, and the explanation would not ..."
4. Catalogue of the Greek Coins of Ionia by Barclay Vincent Head, Reginald Stuart Poole, British Museum Dept. of Coins and Medals (1892)
"... as well as to the Cyclades and Aegina. It seems also probable that the specimens
of the heavier weight, 227-211 grs., are the earliest, and that under ..."
5. The Origin of Tyranny by Percy Neville Ure (1922)
"But in the early part of the seventh century Argos and Aegina alike were flooded
with both ... 262 (Aegina); Furtwaengler, Aegina, p. 448. 3 Above, pp. ..."
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