Maybe it was named after the town of Aegae , or Aegea , a queen of the Amazons who died in the sea . Maybe it was named after Aegeus , the father of Theseus . It was said to have been named after the Greek town of Aegae , or after Aegea , a queen of the Amazons who died in the sea , or Aigaion , the `` sea goat '' , another name of Briareus , one of the archaic Hecatonchires , or , especially among the Athenians , Aegeus , the father of Theseus , who drowned himself in the sea when he thought his son had died .