=Ædon=, daughter of Pandarus, married Zethus brother to Amphion, by whom she had a son called Itylus. She was so jealous of her sister Niobe, because she had more children than herself, that she resolved to murder the elder, who was educated with Itylus. She by mistake killed her own son, and was changed into a goldfinch as she attempted to kill herself. _Homer_, _Odyssey_, bk. 19, li. 518. =Ædui=, or =Hedui=, a powerful nation of Celtic Gaul, known for their valour in the wars of Cæsar. When their country was invaded by this celebrated general, they were at the head of a faction in opposition to the Sequani and their partisans, and they had established their superiority in frequent battles. To support their cause, however, the Sequani obtained the assistance of Ariovistus king of Germany, and soon defeated their opponents. The arrival of Cæsar changed the face of affairs; the Ædui were restored to the sovereignty of the country, and the artful Roman, by employing one faction against the other, was enabled to conquer them all, though the insurrection of Ambiorix, and that more powerfully supported by Vercingetorix, shook for a while the dominion of Rome in Gaul, and checked the career of the conqueror. _Cæsar_, _Gallic War_. =Æēta=, or =Æētes=, king of Colchis, son of Sol and Perseis daughter of Oceanus, was father of Medea, Absyrtus, and Chalciope, by Idya, one of the Oceanides. He killed Phryxus son of Athamas, who had fled to his court on a golden ram. This murder he committed to obtain the fleece of the golden ram. The Argonauts came against Colchis, and recovered the golden fleece by means of Medea, though it was guarded by bulls that breathed fire, and by a venomous dragon. Their expedition has been celebrated by all the ancient poets. _See:_ Jason, Medea, and Phryxus. _Apollodorus_, bk. 1, ch. 9.――_Ovid_, _Metamorphoses_, bk. 7, fable 1, &c.――_Pausanias_, bk. 2, ch. 3. ――_Justin_, bk. 42, ch. 2.――_Flaccus_ & _Orpheus_, _Argonautica_. =Æetias=, a patronymic given to Medea, as daughter of Æetes. _Ovid_, _Metamorphoses_, bk. 7, li. 9. =Æga=, an island of the Ægean sea, between Tenedos and Chios. =Ægēas=, a town whose inhabitants are called Ægeates. _See:_ Ædessa. =Ægæ=, a city of Macedonia, the same as Ædessa. Some writers make them different, but Justin proves this to be erroneous, bk. 7, ch. 1.――_Pliny_, bk. 4, ch. 10.――――A town of Eubœa, whence Neptune is called Ægæus. _Strabo_, bk. 9. =Ægææ=, a town and seaport of Cilicia. _Lucan_, bk. 3, li. 227.