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1. Aegyptus was the father of fifty sons who were all killed by their wives except one.
2. Aegyptus is also the Latin spelling of Egypt, and the correct denomination for the Roman province.
3. Aegyptus was bordered by the provinces of Creta et Cyrenaica to the West and Judaea (later Arabia Petraea) to the East.

Syria

1. Avidius Cassius, who led the Roman forces in the war, declared himself emperor in 175, and was acknowledged by the armies of Syria and Aegyptus.

Third Son

1. Then her third son, Aegyptus, intervened and killed Polyphonte during a sacrifice.

Fifty Sons

1. Danaus had fifty daughters, the Danaides, and his twin other, Aegyptus, had fifty sons.

Brother

1. Danaüs: Brother of Aegyptus; father of Danaïdes; slain by Lynceus.
2. He was brother of Aegyptus, and father of fifty daughters, and the mythical ancestor of the Danai.

Imperial Province

1. This was ensured by the Imperial province of Aegyptus, which was incredibly wealthy and also the most important grain supplier for the whole empire.

Father

1. He was a King of Egypt and father of Aegyptus and Danaus and (usually) brother to Agenor.
2. Dana�s: Brother of Aegyptus; father of Dana�des; slain by Lynceus.
3. Danaüs: Brother of Aegyptus; father of Danaïdes; slain by Lynceus.

Daughters

1. Aegyptus wished to kill Danaus and his daughters, so he alone might hold the paternal kingdom; he asked his brother for wives for his sons.
2. The fifty sons of Aegyptus followed them, and forced Danaus to make his daughters marry them.

Argives

1. When Aegyptus and his fifty sons arrived to take the Danaides, Danaus gave them, to spare the Argives the pain of a battle.
2. When Aegyptus and his sons arrived to take the Danaides, Danaus gave them to spare the Argives the pain of a battle.

Argos

1. AEGYPTUS. Brother of Danaus, who for fear of him fled with his fifty daughters from Libya to Argos.
2. Aegyptus himself did not go to Argos, but sent his sons, fifty in number, as Hesiod represented.

Son

1. King Belus of Egypt was son of Poseidon & Libya, and was also the father of Aegyptus and Danaus.
2. Danaus was the son of king Belus and Queen Anchinoe of Egypt and his brother was Aegyptus.
3. Agenor was the son of Aegyptus by an unnamed Arabian woman.

Sons

1. The DANAIDS are the 50 daughters of Danaus 1 who married the sons of Aegyptus 1, and murdered their husbands (except one) on their wedding night.
2. Aegyptus commanded that his sons marry the Danaides and Danaus fled to Argos, ruled by King Pelasgus with his daughters.
3. Danaides Daughters of Danaus; at his command, all except Hypermnestra slew their husbands, the sons of Aegyptus.

Husband

1. A son of Aegyptus and Argyphia, and husband of the Danaid Hypermnestra, by whom he became the father of Abas.
2. One of the sons of Aegyptus and husband of Sthenele.

Husbands

1. Dana�des: Daughters of Dana�s; at his command, all except Hypermnestra slew their husbands, the sons of Aegyptus.
2. Danaïdes: Daughters of Danaüs; at his command, all except Hypermnestra slew their husbands, the sons of Aegyptus.
3. Danaïdes: Daughters of Danaüs; at his command, all except Hypermnestra slew their husbands, the sons of Aegyptus.

Greek Mythology

1. Aegyptus In Greek mythology, king of Arabia and Egypt, which he conquered and named for himself.

Hypermnestra

1. All the sons of Aegyptus were thus murdered with the exception of Lynceus, who was saved by Hypermnestra.

Lynceus

1. Aegyptus: Brother of Danaus; his sons, except Lynceus, slain by Danaides.
2. Abas 2 was son of Lynceus 2 (son of Aegyptus 1) and Hypermnestra 1 (daughter of Danaus 1) (Apd.2.2.1, Pau.2.16.2, 2.12.2, 2.25.5, 10.35.1).
3. Lynceus: Son of Aegyptus; husband of Hypermnestra; slew Danaüs.

Belus

1. Danaüs (dăn'ā u s) [ key ], in Greek mythology, son of Belus and Anchinoe and twin of Aegyptus.

Danaus

1. Danaus, sprung from Io of Argos, flees from Egypt with his fifty daughters who avoid wedlock with the fifty sons of Aegyptus.
2. In Greek mythology, Lynceus in some myths is named as a descendant of Belus through Aegyptus, twin brother of Danaus.
3. Danaus, or Danaos ("sleeper") was a Greek mythological character, twin of Aegyptus and son of Belus, a mythic king of Egypt.

Aegyptus

1. Danaus, or Danaos ("sleeper") was a Greek mythological character, twin brother of Aegyptus and son of Belus, a mythical king of Egypt.
2. Danaus had fifty daughters, the Danaides, while Aegyptus had fifty sons including Lynceus, whose name when translated means 'wolf'.
3. Danaus had fifty daughters, the Danaides, and his twin brother, Aegyptus, had fifty sons.

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