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Aex

1.

A rocky island between Tenos and Chios, so called from its having the shape of a goat (αἴξ).

2.

The goat Amalthea (q.v.) that suckled Zeus, and became a constellation under the name of Aex.

Harry Thurston Peck. Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1898.

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