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Aegyptus

/ iːˈdʒɪptəs /

noun

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


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The story referred to is that of the fifty daughters of Danaus, who were married to the fifty sons of Aegyptus, their cousins.

There is a certain Nysa, a mountain most high and richly grown with woods, far off in Phoenice, near the streams of Aegyptus.

The King of Argos after consultation with his people decides to admit the fugitives and to secure them from Aegyptus' violence.

And the sons of Aegyptus willed to take the daughters of Danaus in marriage.

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