Aphaea

Aphaia (Greek Ἀφαία, the non- dark, so the brightness; Latin Aphaea ) was a Greek goddess. She had her cult only on the island of Aegina, and was the principal goddess of this island, but probably came originally from Crete.

Sometimes Aphaia was identified with other goddesses, namely Artemis, Athena or the nymph Britomartis. Britomartis itself was identified with Artemis and is part of their cult.

Aphaias temple was about 13 kilometers west of the main town on a hill. He was BC rebuilt about 50 years after a predecessor to 500. Its gable figures, known in archeology as Aeginetans were sold in 1812 to the Bavarian Crown Prince Ludwig and have since been located in the Glyptothek in Munich. Bertel Thorvaldsen reconstructed this gable figures. However, were Thorvaldsen supplements that are based on classical ideas away because they could not be archaeologically talk. The excavation at the Temple of Aphaia Museum contains the most important discoveries of the German excavations in the temple grounds, which were completed in 1988.