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- adjective Of or pertaining to Ogyges, a
mythical king ofancient Attica , or to a greatdeluge in Attica during his era. - adjective by extension
primeval ; ofobscure antiquity
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About. com Grammar & Composition Old Customs, Future Plans, and Other Common Redundancies – When you edit your rouse, an Ogygian older … literacy::: lite: racy
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Next, prince Hippomedon came marching to the Ogygian port with this device upon his boss, Argus the all-seeing with his spangled eyes upon the watch whereof some open with the rising stars, while others he closes when they set, as one could see after he was slain.
The Phoenissae 2008
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So they went and made no vain journey; but when they came, lordly Aeetes gave them for the contest the fell teeth of the Aonian dragon which Cadmus found in Ogygian Thebes when he came seeking for Europa and there slew — the warder of the spring of Ares.
The Argonautica 2008
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Next, prince Hippomedon came marching to the Ogygian port with this device upon his boss, Argus the all-seeing with his spangled eyes upon the watch whereof some open with the rising stars, while others he closes when they set, as one could see after he was slain.
The Phoenissae 2008
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He sent no one to woo her in his place, but came himself in his black ship of many thwarts over the Ogygian sea across the dark wave to the home of wise Tyndareus, to see Argive Helen and that no one else should bring back for him the girl whose renown spread all over the holy earth.
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So they went and made no vain journey; but when they came, lordly Aeetes gave them for the contest the fell teeth of the Aonian dragon which Cadmus found in Ogygian Thebes when he came seeking for Europa and there slew the -- warder of the spring of
The Argonautica Apollonius Rhodius
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More sad and more despairing than Ulysses on the Ogygian shore, he too wasted away with home-sickness.
Cord and Creese James De Mille
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He sent no one to woo her in his place, but came himself in his black ship of many thwarts over the Ogygian sea across the dark wave to the home of wise Tyndareus, to see Argive Helen and that no one else should bring back for him the girl whose renown spread all over the holy earth.
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But against the Ogygian gate stood Prince Hippomedon, bearing an emblem in the middle of his shield, the
The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. 480? BC-406 BC Euripides
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Aeetes gave them for the contest the fell teeth of the Aonian dragon which Cadmus found in Ogygian Thebes when he came seeking for Europa and there slew -- the warder of the spring of Ares.
The Argonautica Apollonius Rhodius
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