Aeaeus
Frieze-Dennison Vergil
Aeaeus , a, um: (adj.), of Aeaea, the island of Circe; Aeaean or Colchian, 3.386.
Aeaeus, a, um, adj., = Αἰαῖος.
- Belonging to Aea, in Colchis, Colchian: Circe, since Circe is said to have been earlier in Colchis, Verg. A. 3, 386; Ov. M. 4, 205.— Hence,
- B Transf., belonging to Circe: artes, magic arts, such as Circe practised, Ov. Am. 2, 15, 10: carmina, magic words, charms, spells, id. ib. 1, 8, 5.—
- II Aeaea puella, Calypso, because she had her residence in Aeaea, Prop. 4, 11, 31.