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Aeacus once ruled Aegina, which name he took for himself from the name of the mother of Aeacus with whom
Jupiter had joined himself in love. Juno, who was never able to withstand the evil morals of Jupiter sensed this
deed and held it in memory. After many years, all whom were living on the island of Aegina died. "O father
Jupiter," Aeacus called, "Juno has destroyed my entire population! Help me, your son, whom you love and
whom you ought not to neglect." The god heard him and without delay began to change ants into men! And so
Jupiter, to whom nothing is excessively difficult, made men and women out of small animals. (Did I tell the
truth, or not?)
The son of Aeacus was Peleus, whose son was that Achilles, the leader of the Myrmidons.
Aeacus once ruled Aegina, which name he took for himself from the name of the mother of Aeacus with whom
Jupiter had joined himself in love. Juno, who was never able to withstand the evil morals of Jupiter sensed this
deed and held it in memory. After many years, all whom were living on the island of Aegina died. "O father
Jupiter," Aeacus called, "Juno has destroyed my entire population! Help me, your son, whom you love and
whom you ought not to neglect." The god heard him and without delay began to change ants into men! And so
Jupiter, to whom nothing is excessively difficult, made men and women out of small animals. (Did I tell the
truth, or not?)
The son of Aeacus was Peleus, whose son was that Achilles, the leader of the Myrmidons.
