Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition/Ægean Sea

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​Ægean Sea, a part of the Mediterranean, now more usually called the Archipelago or Grecian Archipelago, bounded on the north by Thrace and Macedonia, on the west by Greece, and on the east by Asia Minor. The origin of the name is uncertain. Various derivations are given by the ancient grammarians—one from the town of Ægæ; another from Ægea, queen of the amazons, who perished in this sea; and a third from Ægeus, the father of Theseus, who threw himself headlong into it. See Archipelago.

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