Aegyptus
Britishnoun
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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
Three other sons Aegyptus had, and one consorted with the wooers, namely Eurynomus, but two continued in their father's fields; yet even so forgat he not that son, still mourning and sorrowing.
From The Odyssey Done into English prose by Andrew Lang
And in the river Aegyptus I stayed my curved ships.
From The Odyssey Done into English prose by Andrew Lang
The murder of the sons of Aegyptus by their wives is supposed to represent the drying up of the rivers and springs of Argolis in summer by the agency of the nymphs.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various
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