Aeacea

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Aeacea, or Æacea, in antiquity, were solemn feasts and combats celebrated in Aegina in honor of Aeacus, who had been their king, and who, on account of his singular justice upon Earth, was supposed to have a commission given him to be one of the judges in Hell.

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