Aegyptus
Britishnoun
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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
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
At Coptos I place Misphragmuthosis and Amosis or Thomosis who expelled the Shepherds, and abolished their custom of sacrificing men, and extended the Coptic language, and the name of Αια Κοπτου, Aegyptus, to the conquest.
From The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended To which is Prefix'd, A Short Chronicle from the First Memory of Things in Europe, to the Conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great by Newton, Isaac, Sir
Then the lord Aegyptus spake among them first; bowed was he with age, and skilled in things past number.
From The Odyssey Done into English prose by Lang, Andrew
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
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