Aegyptus

British  

/ iːˈdʒɪptəs /

noun

1. Greek myth a king of Egypt and twin brother of Danaüs

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Example Sentences

When the sons of Aegyptus arrived ready to fight to gain their brides, the city repulsed them.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Their fifty cousins, sons of Danaüs’ brother Aegyptus, wanted to marry them, which for some unexplained reason they were absolutely opposed to doing.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Then back I went to the waters of Aegyptus, the heaven-fed stream, and there I moored the ships and offered the acceptable sacrifice of hecatombs.

From The Odyssey Done into English prose by Lang, Andrew

Aegyptus cannot of course know of the fate Antiphus had met with, for there had as yet been no news of or from Ulysses.

From The Odyssey Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original by Butler, Samuel

Danaüs and Aegyptus, brothers, and descendants of Io and Epaphus, had settled near Canopus at the mouth of the Nile.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 by Runkle, Lucia Isabella Gilbert