Aegyptus

(redirected from Aigyptos)
Also found in: Dictionary.

Aegyptus

(ējĭp`təs): see DanaüsDanaüs
, in Greek mythology, son of Belus and Anchinoe and twin of Aegyptus. Danaüs, who had 50 daughters, the Danaïds, and Aegyptus, who had 50 sons, ruled Libya and Arabia.
..... Click the link for more information. .

Aegyptus

fathered 50 sons, who married the daughters of his twin brother Danaus. [Gk. Myth.: Benét, 11]

See: Prolificness

Mentioned in ?

References in periodicals archive ?

Historically known as Copts, Egyptians or Aigyptos as they were called by the Greeks, were among some of the earliest nations to embrace Christianity.

Forging a national identity

The word Copt comes from Gibt, the Arabic corruption of the Greek Aigyptos, itself derived from Hikaptah, the ancient Egyptian name for the country's first capital of Memphis.

Remembrance of things forgotten: Egypt's valuable Coptic architecture has until recently been overlooked but interest is reviving. Maria Golia writes from Cairo

Se la sentia, pues, en la orilla, en el margen del pais, que debia el nombre al mitico rey Aigyptos, descendiente directo de Poseidon, por su padre, y del dios rio Neilos (Nilo) por su madre.