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'''Aegea''' is a [[back-formation]] from "[[Aegean Sea|Aegean]]", the sea that was named for an [[eponym]]ous [[Aegeus]] in early levels of [[Greek mythology]]. The ''Encyclopaedia Britannica'' (1911) mentioned an '''Aegea,''' queen of the [[Amazons]], as an alternative eponym of the Aegean Sea. |
'''Aegea''' is a [[back-formation]] from "[[Aegean Sea|Aegean]]", the sea that was named for an [[eponym]]ous [[Aegeus]] in early levels of [[Greek mythology]]. The ''Encyclopaedia Britannica'' (1911) mentioned an '''Aegea,''' queen of the [[Amazons]], as an alternative eponym of the Aegean Sea. Legend says she commanded an army of [[Amazon women]] warriors that traveled from Libya to Asia Minor to fight at [[Troy]],<ref>{{cite book|last=Clayton |title=Female warriors: Memorials of Female Valour and Heroism, from the Mythological Agestothe Present Era |publisher=Tinsley Bros|year=1879}}</ref> and that she perished at sea with her army. <ref>{{cite book|last=Hays|first=Mary|title=Female Biography; or Memoirs of Illustrious and Celebrated Women of All Ages and Countries|date=1803|publisher=R. Phillips|location=London|pages=66}}</ref> |
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Aegea was also the name of the wife of the Roman [[proconsul]] of [[Achaia]], whom the [[apostle Andrew]] converted and baptised, according to [[Jacob de Voragine]]'s ''[[Golden Legend]]'', ''De Sancto Andrea Apostolo.'' "Aegea" is found in modern baby-name books and carried by some contemporary women. Aegeas name derived from the Aegean sea. |
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Modern Italian has the adjective ''Egea'' ("Aegean"), but [[Latin (language)|Classical Latin]] had none. Modern botanical Latin sometimes uses the [[species|specific epithet]] ''aegea'' to mean "of the Aegean". |
Modern Italian has the adjective ''Egea'' ("Aegean"), but [[Latin (language)|Classical Latin]] had none. Modern botanical Latin sometimes uses the [[species|specific epithet]] ''aegea'' to mean "of the Aegean". |
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Aegea is a back-formation from "Aegean", the sea that was named for an eponymous Aegeus in early levels of Greek mythology. The Encyclopaedia Britannica (1911) mentioned an Aegea, queen of the Amazons, as an alternative eponym of the Aegean Sea. Legend says she commanded an army of Amazon women warriors that traveled from Libya to Asia Minor to fight at Troy,[1] and that she perished at sea with her army. [2]
Aegea was also the name of the wife of the Roman proconsulofAchaia, whom the apostle Andrew converted and baptised, according to Jacob de Voragine's Golden Legend, De Sancto Andrea Apostolo. "Aegea" is found in modern baby-name books and carried by some contemporary women. Aegeas name derived from the Aegean sea.
Modern Italian has the adjective Egea ("Aegean"), but Classical Latin had none. Modern botanical Latin sometimes uses the specific epithet aegea to mean "of the Aegean".
