Editing Aegea

{{Short description|Mythological queen of the Amazons}}
'''Aegea''' is a [[back-formation]] from "[[Aegean Sea|Aegean]]", the sea that was named after an [[eponym]]ous [[Aegeus]] in early levels of [[Greek mythology]]. The ''Encyclopædia 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 Ages to the Present Era  |url=https://archive.org/details/femalewarriorsme02clayiala |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|url=https://archive.org/details/femalebiography03haysgoog|date=1803|publisher=R. Phillips|location=London|pages=[https://archive.org/details/femalebiography03haysgoog/page/n69 66]}}</ref>

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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[[Category:Queens of the Amazons]]
[[Category:Women in Greek mythology]]


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