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Aphaea

Aphaea (gr. Aphaia; not dark or vanisher) was a Greek goddess who was worshipped almost exclusively on the island of Aegina. Later she had been identified with Athena, Artemis and the nymph Britomartis.

In Aegina there is a ruin of the Temple of Aphaea.



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