ID: 901002185 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002185	Record Type: Legendary Place

	Aeaea (Greco-Roman legendary island)

Note: Legendary island home of the sorceress deity, Circe. Among the several possibilities of an actual island that could have been intended as Aeaea in the Odyssey and other literature, a favorite is Monte Circeo, a mountain that is now on a peninisula, south of Rome; possibly in very ancient times it was not connected to the mainland, or it appeared to be an island because it was surrounded by marshes.

Names:

	Aeaea (Greco-Roman legendary island) (preferred,English-P,D)
	Eëa (Greco-Roman legendary island) (English)
	Αἰαία (Greco-Roman legendary island) (Ancient Greek-P,D)
	Aiaíā (Greco-Roman legendary island) (Greek (transliterated),A)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Greek iconography> (P)
		........<Greek legendary places> (P)
		............Aeaea (Greco-Roman legendary island) (I)

Related Iconography:

	location of .... Circe
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Circe (Greek deity, sorceress)) [901002184]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... legendary place
	.....(place (distinct area), environmental psychology concepts, psychological concepts, social science concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	role/characteristic is .... island (landform)
	.....(landmasses, landforms (terrestrial), natural landscapes, landscapes (environments), Settlements and Landscapes (hierarchy name), Built Environment (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	identified as .... Monte Circeo
	..... ULAN Candidate

Sources:

	Aeaea (Greco-Roman legendary island)
	................Schwab, Gods and Heroes of Ancient Greece (2011) 661, 665
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Circe," accessed 31 July 2019
	Αἰαία (Greco-Roman legendary island)
	................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeaea
	Aiaíā (Greco-Roman legendary island)
	................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeaea

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................ Schwab, Gods and Heroes of Ancient Greece (2011)
	................ Source for image https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/Aeaea%2C_the_island_of_Circe%2C_located_south_of_Rome_with_the_Islands_of_the_Sirens_closeby.jpg