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According to Greek mythology, Aegyptus (, Aígyptos ) is a descendant of the heifer maiden, Io, and the river-god Nilus, and was a king in Egypt.

Aegyptos was the son of Belus and Achiroe, a naiad daughter of Nile.

Aegyptus fathered fifty sons, who were all but one murdered by the fifty daughters of Aegyptus ' twin brother, Danaus, eponym of the Danaids.