Aegina (mythology)

Aegina (Greek Αἴγινα ), also Aegina or Aegina, is a nymph in Greek mythology.

Aegina was a daughter of the river god Asopus and his wife metope. Zeus, father of the gods kidnapped because she was of lieblichem appearance and essence, as an eagle or transformed into fire on the island of Oenone. Her father was afflicted. Sisyphus had observed the robbery of Akrokorinth from the Father revealed the secret and was punished by Zeus. On the island of Aegina gave birth to Aeacus the. The island was later named after Aegina.