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Adjective- Of or relating to a legendary Greek King or to a deluge said to have taken place in his reign.

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  • But against the Ogygian gate stood Prince Hippomedon, bearing an emblem in the middle of his shield, the
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
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