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? Show shortcuts Filters αι 53Αἴγινα Aigina, Aegina A city. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] 'Aiginaian ship'. Also [sc. attested is] 'Aiginetan', the man from Aigina [Myth, Place]. Matched in translation high δ 442Δημοκήδης Demokedes, Democedes … in Knidos); a Krotoniate, a doctor. He practised medicine in Aigina [Myth, Place], where he married, and he also acted as physician to Polykrates, the tyrant of Samos, for two gold talents; and he … Matched in translation high α 1011Ἄκρον λάβε καὶ μέσον ἕξεις seize the extremity and you will have the mean … an aetiological explanation (from an oracle about the foundation of Aigina [Myth, Place]: alphaiota 53). Matched in notes high α 4512
Αὐτονομουμένη πόλις
autonomously-governed polis
… of a military alliance, and even nominal independence (as, e.g., Aigina [Myth, Place]; contrast Figueira, 1993). Early literary references (e.g. Sophocles, Antigone 821f.) pose no difficulty, and attempts to explain these passages as somehow …
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