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The Aeginetans at first contented themselves with sending the images of the Aeacidae, the tutelary heroes of their island.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

His family was of high rank, and claimed descent from the Aeacidae of Aegina.

From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel

AEACUS, in Greek legend, ancestor of the Aeacidae, was the son of Zeus and Aegina, daughter of the river-god Asopus.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

The refusal of Aegina was veiled under the diplomatic form of ``sending the Aeacidae.''

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg