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Aia
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Aea
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AIA (or Aea) was the Naiad Nymph of a spring, well or fountain of the town of Aia (better known as Kholkis) on the Black Sea, who was loved by the local river-god Phasis.
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AEA, a huntress who was metamorphosed by the gods into the fabulous island bearing the same name, in order to rescue her from the pursuit of Phasis, the river-god. (Val. Flacc. i. 742, v. 426.)
Source: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
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"[Depicted on the walls of the palace of Aeetes] In frenzied desire savage Phasis [the River-god of Kolkhis] pursues [the Nymphe] Aea upon her native hills; in maiden distress and panic she shoots frightened arrows, and now her strength fails from her running to and fro and the god has overcome her, and binds her fast beneath his rapid wave." - Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica 5.425
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- Valerius Flaccus, The Argonautica - Latin Epic C1st AD
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