Aegyptus
noun
(greek myth) a king of egypt and twin brother of danaüs
historical examples
the story referred to is that of the fifty daughters of danaus, who were married to the fifty sons of aegyptus, their cousins.
the aeneid of virgil virgil
and the sons of aegyptus willed to take the daughters of danaus in marriage.
suppliant maidens and other plays aeschylus
the king of argos after consultation with his people decides to admit the fugitives and to secure them from aegyptus’ violence.
authors of greece t. w. lumb
there is a certain nysa, a mountain most high and richly grown with woods, far off in phoenice, near the streams of aegyptus.
hesiod, the homeric hymns, and homerica homer and hesiod
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