Date
Name Aphaia
Gender Feminine
Usage Greek Mythology
Scripts Ἀφαία(Ancient Greek)
Other Forms FormsAphaea (Latinized form)
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Meaning & History
Aphaia was a Greek goddess who was worshipped almost exclusively at a single sanctuary on the island of Aegina in the Saronic Gulf. She originated as early as the 14th century BCE as a local deity associated with fertility and the agricultural cycle. Under Athenian hegemony, however, she came to be identified with the goddesses ATHENA and ARTEMIS and with the nymph BRITOMARTIS.