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• Aegyptus — In Greek mythology, Αἴγυπτος/Aígyptos, usually Latinized as Aegyptus, in Greek ( supine goat ), descendant of the heifer maiden, Io, and the river god Nilus, was a king in Egypt. [Egypt took its name from his, according to folk etymology (see the …   Wikipedia

• Danaus — /dan ay euhs/, n. Class. Myth. a ruler of Argos who ordered his 50 daughters to kill their husbands on their wedding night. Cf. Danaides. * * * ▪ Greek mythology       in Greek legend, son of Belus, king of Egypt, and twin brother of Aegyptus.… …   Universalium

• Danaus — For the butterfly genus, see Danaus (genus) For the former cruise ship Danaos, see CS Salamis Glory In Greek mythology Danaus, or Danaos (Ancient Greek: Δαναός), was the twin brother of Aegyptus and son of Achiroe and Belus, a mythical king of… …   Wikipedia

• Hypermnestra — (Ὑπερμνήστρα), in Greek mythology, was the daughter of Danaus. Danaus was the twin brother of Aegyptus and son of Belus. He had fifty daughters, the Danaides, and Aegyptus had fifty sons. Aegyptus commanded that his sons marry the Danaides and… …   Wikipedia

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• Belus (Egyptian) — Belus (Greek Βῆλος) the Egyptian is in Greek Mythology a son of Poseidon by Libya. He was a King of Egypt and father of Aegyptus and Danaus and (usually) brother to Agenor.More genealogical informationApollodorus claims that Aegyptus and Danaus… …   Wikipedia

• Daughters of Danaus — The Danaides (1903), a Pre Raphaelite interpretation by John William Waterhouse In Greek mythology, the Daughters of Danaus or Danaids (also Danaides or Danaïdes; Greek: Δαναΐδες; English pronunciation: /dəˈneɪɪdiːz/) were the fifty da …   Wikipedia

• Lynceus — In Greek mythology, Lynceus in some myths is named as a descendant of Belus through Aegyptus, twin brother of Danaus. This myth when followed results in an impossible reconciliation loop.or|date=September 2008 In another myth he is named as a… …   Wikipedia

• Cleopatra, daughter of Danaus — Cleopatra was in Greek mythology the name of two Danaides, that means of two of altogether 50 daughters of Danaus, who had born his numerous daughters with different women. Each of the two Cleopatras married – like all her sisters – one of the 50 …   Wikipedia

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• Lycia — For other uses, see Lycia (disambiguation). Sidyma redirects here. For the moth genus named, see Sidyma (moth). Lycia (Λυκία) Ancient Region of Anatolia Lycian rock cut tombs of Dalyan …   Wikipedia