Aegina
noun
a daughter of Asopus and Metope who was abducted by Zeus and bore him a son, Aeacus.
Aeginetan
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a word derived from
Aegina.
Example Sentences
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There are other indications, too, of the importance of the Aeginetan fleet in the Greek scheme of defence.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
Unlike the Aeginetan pediment-figures and those of the Parthenon, these figures are left rough at the back.
From A History of Greek Art by Frank Bigelow Tarbell
The fact that the Aeginetan scale of coins, weights and measures was one of the two scales in general use in the Greek world is sufficient evidence of the early commercial importance of the island.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
Cagn struck snakes with his staff and turned them into men, as Zeus, in the Aeginetan myth, did with ants.
From Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1 by Andrew Lang
In a sort of stiff grace, combined with a sense of things bright or sorrowful directly felt, the Aeginetan workman is as it were the Chaucer of Greek sculpture.
From Greek Studies: a Series of Essays by Walter Pater
