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Aeacus (ē`əkəs), in Greek mythology, son of Zeus Zeus (z ..... Click the link for more information. and the nymph Aegina Aegina (ējī`nə), in Greek mythology, river nymph, daughter of the river god Asopus. ..... Click the link for more information. . He was the father of Peleus and Telamon. After a plague had nearly wiped out the inhabitants of his land, Zeus rewarded the pious Aeacus by changing a swarm of ants to men (known as Myrmidons). According to one legend, Aeacus and his people assisted Apollo and Poseidon in building the walls of Troy. After Aeacus' death, Zeus made him one of the three judges of Hades. Aeacus a judge of the dead. [Rom. Lit.: Aeneid] See : Justice |
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Rhadamanthus and Aeacus, but is placable with an obolus; a severely Chromis, and Ennomus the augur, led the Mysians, but his skill in augury availed not to save him from destruction, for he fell by the hand of the fleet descendant of Aeacus in the river, where he slew others also of the Trojans. The fleet descendant of Aeacus knew me and spoke piteously, saying, 'Ulysses, noble son of Laertes, what deed of daring will you undertake next, that you venture down to the house of Hades among us silly dead, who are but the ghosts of them that can labour no more? |
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