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AIA

Greek Name

Αια

Transliteration

Aia

Latin Spelling

Aea

Translation

Of Aea (town)

AIA (Aea) was the Naiad-nymph of a spring, well or fountain of the town of Aia--better known as Kolkhis (Colchis)--at the eastern end of the Black Sea. She was loved by the local river-god Phasis.

PARENTS

Presumably either OKEANOS or a local RIVER-GOD

ENCYCLOPEDIA

AEA, a huntress who was metamorphosed by the gods into the fabulous island bearing the same name, in order to rescue her from the pursuit of Phasis, the river-god. (Val. Flacc. i. 742, v. 426.)

Source: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.

CLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES

Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica 5. 425 ff (trans. Mozley) (Roman epic C1st A.D.) :
"[Depicted on the walls of the palace of Aeetes, King of Kolkhis (Colchis) :] In frenzied desire savage [river-god] Phasis pursues [the nymphe] Aea upon her native hills; in maiden distress and panic she shoots frightened arrows, and now her strength fails from her running to and fro and the god has overcome her, and binds her fast beneath his rapid wave."

Loved by	Phasis
Home	Colchis on the Black Sea

AIA