Aegaeus

Aegaeus is presented in the sources in two linked ways. In one attestation he is named among the river-gods (potamoi) and is said to have lived on the island called Scheria (a place traditionally identified with the modern Corfu); in that role he is father to the nymphs Aigaiides and to Melite, and Melite is reported in some accounts to have borne Heracles a son called Hyllus (a minor figure distinct from other better-known Hyllus traditions). In a separate onomastic usage, Aegaeus functions as a surname or epithet of Poseidon, a toponymic form derived from the town of Aegae in Euboea, indicating a localized aspect or cultic linkage of the sea-god rather than a separate independent deity.

The available sources do not supply any physical description of Aegaeus. As a named river-god (potamos) he belongs to the category of local aquatic personifications common in Greek myth, which are typically treated in sources as divine persons tied to particular waters; however, no direct iconography or morphological details for Aegaeus are attested in the provided records.

The sources do not enumerate specific powers, deeds, or behaviors for Aegaeus. His classification as a river-god implies an association with a particular body of water (island-associated waters of Scheria) and, in the epithet usage, with Poseidon's maritime domain via Aegae of Euboea; beyond this locational and genealogical information, there are no explicit accounts of acts, miracles, or interventions attributed to him in the supplied material.