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
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
I stationed my ships in the river Aegyptus, and bade my men stay by them and keep guard over them, while I sent out scouts to reconnoitre from every point of vantage.
From The Odyssey Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original by Butler, Samuel
The remaining plays must have furnished, in the death of forty-nine of the sons of Aegyptus, both action and tragedy in sufficient measure to satisfy the most exacting demands.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 by Runkle, Lucia Isabella Gilbert
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