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Aegaeon

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Καλὸν τὸ νικᾶν ἀλλ' ὑπερνικᾶν κακόν → Vincere bonum est: ultra fas vincere lubricum → Schön ist zu siegen, übermäßig siegen schlecht

Menander, Monostichoi, 299

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Aegaeon: ō̆nis, m., = Αἰγαίων.
I A giant-monster, the other name of Briareus, Verg. A. 10, 565; Stat. Ach. 1, 209.—
II A sea-god, acc. to the fable, the son of Pontus and Terra, Ov. M. 2, 9.—
   B Meton. for the Ægean Sea, Stat. Th. 5, 288.