Aeacea

Aeacea, or Æacea, in antiquity, were solemn feasts and combats celebrated in Aegina in honor of Aeacus, who had been their king, and who, on account of his singular justice upon Earth, was supposed to have a commission given him to be one of the judges in Hell.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chambers, Ephraim, ed. (1728). "Aeacea". Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (first ed.). James and John Knapton, et al. 


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