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A to Aegyptus Aello to Agesilaus I Agesilaus II to Akhaia Akhaian to Alkman Alkmene to Anaetius Anakeion to Apaturia Apeliotes to Argos Argus to Arkhidike Arkhilokhos to Astyanax Astydameia to Azov
The son of Belus and brother of Danaus; he was given Egypt to rule and the Egyptians were named after him.
Aegyptus was a descendant of the heifer maiden, Io.
Aegyptus had fifty sons which were supposed to marry the fifty daughters of his brother, Danaus, but Danaus fled with his daughters to the city of Argos where he founded the nation of the Danaans.
The story of Danaus and his daughters was the theme of the play by Aeskhylus (Aeschylus), the Suppliants.
All but one of the sons of Aegyptus were killed on their wedding night by their brides; the surviving son, Lynkeus, was spared by his wife, Hypermnestra, against the orders of her father, Danaus.
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