Ægīna

, daughter of Asopus, had Æacus by Jupiter changed into a flame of fire. She afterwards married Actor son of Myrmidon, by whom she had some children, who conspired against their father. Some say that she was changed by Jupiter into the island which bears her name. Pliny , bk. 4 , ch. 12 .— Strabo , bk. 8 .— Mela , bk. 2 , ch. 7 .— Apollo dor us , bk. 1 , ch. 9 ; bk. 3 , ch. 12 .— Pausanias , bk. 2 , chs. 5 & 29.――An island formerly called Œnopia, and now Engia, in a part of the Ægean sea, called Saronic us Sinus, about 22 miles in circumference. The inhabitants were once destroyed by a pestilence, and the country was repeopled by ants changed into men by Jupiter, at the prayer of king Æacus. They were once a very powerful nation by sea, but they cowardly gave themselves up to Darius when he demanded submi ion from all the Greeks. The A then i ans under Pericles made war against them; and after taking 70 of their ships in a naval battle, they expelled them from Ægin a. The fugitives settled in Peloponnesus, and after the ruin of Athens by Lysander, they returned to their country, but never after rose to their former power or consequence. Hero dot us , bks. 5, 6, & 7.— Pausanias , bk. 2 , ch. 29 ; bk. 8 , ch. 44 .— Strabo , bk. 8 .— Ælian , Varia Hist or i a , bk. 12 , ch. 10 .