place
Egypt
also: Αἴγυπτος
Named by its river in Hymn 1 as a landmark near mythical Nysa, and again in Hymn 7 as a place the pirate captain guesses his captive might be sold.
Reading notes
- The Homeric Hymns §1.1 Egypt
Named by its river in Hymn 1 as a landmark near mythical Nysa, and again in Hymn 7 as a place the pirate captain guesses his captive might be sold.
- The Odyssey §3.255 Egypt
Where the wind and current carried the five ships of Menelaus's fleet that survived the Malea storm intact.
- The Odyssey §4.78 the Egyptians
The people and land where Menelaus gathered much of his wealth, and where he was later becalmed on his way home.