Aeaea

Aeaea, ae, f., = Αἰαίη, acc. to fable,

• the island in the Tyrrhene Sea where the Circe of Homer had her abode, and where, acc. to Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 58, the later Circeii was situated, now called Monte Circello. Acc. to Mel. 2, 7 (120 Randstrand), it was the abode of Calypso.

Ææa, æ, ou Ææē, ēs , f. , Ééa [île fabuleuse, séjour de Circé] : Virg. En. 3, 386 || [de Calypso] : Mela 2, 120 || [dʼoù] Ææus, a, um, dʼÉéa : [surnom de Circé] ; Virg. En. 3, 386 ; Ov. Am. 2, 15, 10 || surnom de Calypso : Prop. 3, 12, 31.

Aeaea

(Αἰαία).

1. A surname of Medeia, derived from Aea, the country where her father Aeetes ruled. (Apollon. 3.1135.)

Aeaea

2. A surname of Circe, the sister of Aeetes. (Hom. Od. 9.32; Apollon. 4.559; Verg. A. 3.386.) Her son Telegonus is likewise mentioned with this surname. (Acaeus, Propert. 2.23.42.)

Aeaea

3. A surname of Calypso, who was believed to have inhabited a small island of the name of Aeaea in the straits between Italy and Sicily. (Pomp. Mela, 2.7; Propert. 3.10. 31.) [L.S]

Aeaea

(Αἰαίη). (1) Another name for Circé (q.v.), derived from the name of her birthplace, Αἶα. Her son, Telegonus, the reputed founder of Tusculum, is called Aeaeus.

(2) A name given to Calypso (q.v.), who was said to live in the island of Aeaea between Italy and Sicily.

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• the Argonauts purified by Circe in, Apollod. 1.9.24
• Odysseus in: Apollod. E.7.12, Apollod. E.7.16