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Aegleis

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In Greek mythology, Aegleis (Ancient Greek: Αἰγληίς) was a daughter of Hyacinthus who had emigrated from Lacedaemon to Athens. During the siege of Athens by Minos, in the reign of Aegeus, she was with her sisters Antheis, Lytaea, and Orthaea, were sacrificed on the tomb of Geraestus the Cyclops, for the purpose of averting a pestilence then raging at Athens.[1][2][3]

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  1. ^ Apollodorus, 3.15.8
  2. ^ Bell, Robert E. (1991). Women of Classical Mythology: A Biographical Dictionary. ABC-CLIO. p. 8. ISBN 9780874365818.
  3. ^ Schmitz, Leonhard (1867), "Aegleis", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 1, Boston, p. 27, archived from the original on 2007-09-06, retrieved 2007-10-19{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSmith, William, ed. (1870). "Aegleis". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.