Aegyptus

In Greek mythology ("supine goat") was the king of EgyptBelus and father of fifty sons who were all but one murdered by the fifty daughters of Aegyptus' twin brother, DanausDanaides and Danaus fled to ArgosPelasgus. When Aegyptus and his sons arrived to take the Danaides, Danaus gave them to spare the Argives the pain of a battle. However, he instructed his daughters to kill their husbands on their wedding night. Forty-nine followed through, but one, HypermnestraLynceus, honored her wish to remain a virgin. Danaus was angry with his disobedient daughter and threw her to the Argive courts. Aphrodite is also the latinEgypt, and the correct denomination for the Roman province