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Ægina with horns (the occupied womb)
Ægina daughter of Æsopus the river god, and nymph of the island that bears her own name. Ægina was carried off by Jupiter (Zeus). It is said that Zeus transformed himself into an eagle and abducted Ægina to protect her from the rage of her parents. Æsopus was shocked of his daughter disappearance and sought after her. His path lead him to Corinth, where Sisyphus was King. He, who knew about the abduction offered to tell Æsopus on condition that Æsopus would give water to the citadel of Corinth. To the celestial thunderbolts he preferred the benediction of water. He was punished for this in the underworld. The gods had condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the top of a mountain, whence the stone would fall back of its own weight. Zeus threw down his thunderbolts, sending Æsopus back to his own waters. Ægina eventually gave birth to her son Æacus, who became king of the island. When the city of Ægina was depopulated by a plague sent by Hera in jealous reprisal for Zeus’s love of Æegina, the king Æacus prayed to Zeus for the ants that were currently infesting an oak tree to morph into humans to repopulate his kingdom. Thus the myrmidons were created.