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Auge

[ aw-jee ]

noun

, Classical Mythology.
  1. a daughter of King Aleus who became a priestess of Athena. After being raped by Hercules she bore a son, Telephus.


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While traveling along the 40 kilometer route, make sure to stop in some of the quaint villages, particularly Beuvron-en-Auge.

But her (Auge) he received and brought up well, and cherished in the palace, honouring her even as his own daughters.

Picot was one of Frotté's old officers, and during the wars of the Chouannerie had been commander-in-chief of the Auge division.

Mme. de Beauseant's estate was close to a little town in one of the most picturesque spots in the valley of the Auge.

From the far-off Cambremer and Beuvron-sur-Auge a delegation of staunch electors had arrived to announce the crowning victory.

M. and Madam St. Auge took a lively interest in their little captive, and treated her with much tenderness and affection.

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aug.Augean