Ogygian
Britishadjective
Etymology
Origin of Ogygian
C19: from Greek ōgugios relating to Ogyges, the most ancient king of Greece, mythical ruler of Boeotia or Attica
Example Sentences
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Thankfully, Michael Blowen has developed Old Friends into a world-class organization for at risk race horses providing them a dignified retirement such as bringing home Ogygian from Japan in 2005.
From New York Times ● May 25, 2010
Sole on a plank on boiling surges toss'd, Heaven drove my wreck the Ogygian Isle to find, Full nine days floating to the wave and wind.
From The Odyssey by Alexander Pope
Not mine Ogygian secrets to impart; But this they said where vague Meander shone, That only he who hath the poet's heart May hear the music of the dying swan.
From A Century of Emblems by G. S. Cautley
Arnobius farther informs us, that Varro calculated that not quite 2000 years had elapsed from the Ogygian flood to the consulship of Hirtius and Pansa.
From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II by John Dunlop
Weary and wet the Ogygian shores I gain, When the tenth sun descended to the main.
From The Odyssey by Alexander Pope
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