In Greek mythology, Aegina was the nymph of the island that bears her name, Aegina, lying in the Saronic Gulf between Attica and the Peloponnesos. The archaic Temple of Aphaea, the "Invisible Goddess", on the island was later subsumed by the cult of Athena. Aphaia may be read as an attribute of Aegina that provides an epithet, or as a doublet.