Egina

Role: daughter of Asopos · First appears: Book 5 · §78–86

Life events

• The Thebans returned the sons of Aiacos and asked the Eginetans for men.(Book 5 · §78–86)
  • With: Thebe
  • “Thebans, having made an attempt with the alliance of the sons of Aiacos and having been roughly handled by the Athenians, sent again and gave them back the sons of Aiacos and asked them for men.”
• The Eginetans began an undeclared war against Athens and devastated coastal Attica.(Book 5 · §78–86 · 📍 Attica)
  • “the Eginetans, exalted by great prosperity and calling to mind an ancient grudge against the Athenians, then on the request of the Thebans commenced a war against the Athenians without notice: for while the Athenians were intent on the Boeotians, they sailed against them to Attica with ships of war, and they devastated Phaleron and also many demes in the remainder of the coast region”
• The Eginetans revolted from the Epidaurians and began damaging them.(Book 5 · §78–86 · 📍 Epidauros)
  • “after this time they built for themselves ships and made revolt from the Epidaurians, moved thereto by wilfulness.”
• The Eginetans stole the images of Damia and Auxesia and set them up at Oia.(Book 5 · §78–86 · 📍 Oia)
  • “they stole away from them these images of Damia and Auxesia, and they brought them and set them up in the inland part of their country at a place called Oia”
• The Eginetans refused the Athenians’ demand to return the images.(Book 5 · §78–86)
  • “So the Athenians sent to Egina and demanded the images back; but the Eginetans said that they had nothing to do with the Athenians.”

Book 5 · §78–86

• parent: Asopos (Asopos is identified as Egina's father.) “Asopos is said to have had two daughters born to him, Thebe and Egina;”
• siblings with Thebe (Thebe and Egina are explicitly identified as sisters.) “Asopos is said to have had two daughters born to him, Thebe and Egina; and as these are sisters,”

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