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AEGEUS , in See also:Greek See also:legend, son of Pandion and See also:grandson of See also:Cecrops, was See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:Athens and the See also:father of See also:Theseus. He was deposed by his nephews, but Theseus defeated them and re-instated his father. When Theseus set out for See also:Crete to deliver Athens from the See also:tribute to the See also:Minotaur he promised Aegeus that, if he were successful, he would See also:change the See also:black See also:sail carried by his See also:ship for a See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white one. But, on his return, he forgot to hoist the white sail, and his father, supposing that his son had lost his See also:life, threw himself from a high See also:rock on which he was keeping See also:watch into the See also:sea, which was afterwards called the See also:Aegean. The Athenians honoured him with a statue and a See also:shrine, and one of the See also:Attic demes was named after him.
See also:Plutarch, Theseus ; See also:Pausanias i. 22; See also:Hyginus, Fab. 43; See also:Catullus lxiv. 207.
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