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
Pelasgus, with the consent of the Argive people, grants them refuge, and at the end of the play repels the attempt to seize them made by the Herald of the sons of Aegyptus.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 by Runkle, Lucia Isabella Gilbert
And on the fifth day we came to the fair-flowing Aegyptus, and in the river Aegyptus I stayed my curved ships.
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
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