Aegospotami
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～ a creek emptying into the Hellespont in present-day Turkey; at its mouth in 405 BC the Spartan fleet under Lysander defeated the Athenians and ended the Peloponnesian War
Aegospotamos
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～ a creek emptying into the Hellespont in present-day Turkey; at its mouth in 405 BC the Spartan fleet under Lysander defeated the Athenians and ended the Peloponnesian War
Aegospotamos
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～ a river in ancient Thrace (now Turkey); in the mouth of this river the Spartan fleet under Lysander destroyed the Athenian fleet in the final battle of the Peloponnesian War (404 BC)
Aegypiidae
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～ in some classifications considered the family comprising the Old World vultures which are more often included in the family Accipitridae
Aegypius
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～ a genus of Accipitridae
Aedes aegypti
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～ mosquito that transmits yellow fever and dengue
Aegyptopithecus
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～ extinct primate of about 38 million years ago; fossils found in Egypt
aeneas
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～ a mythical Greek warrior who was a leader on the Trojan side of the Trojan War; hero of the Aeneid
aeneid
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～ an epic in Latin by Virgil; tells the adventures of Aeneas after the Trojan War; provides an illustrious historical background for the Roman Empire
aengus
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～ Celtic god of love and beauty; patron deity of young men and women
Aeolia
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～ an ancient coastal region of northwestern Asia Minor (including Lesbos) where the Aeolians founded several cities around 1100 BC
Aeolian
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～ the ancient Greek inhabitants of Aeolia
aeolian
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～ a member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks
Aeolic
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～ the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Thessaly and Boeotia and Aeolis
aeolis
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～ an ancient coastal region of northwestern Asia Minor (including Lesbos) where the Aeolians founded several cities around 1100 BC
aeolus
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～ god of the winds in ancient mythology
aeon
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～ (Gnosticism) a divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe
aeon
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～ the longest division of geological time
aeon
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～ an immeasurably long period of time; "oh, that happened eons ago"
Aeonium
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～ a genus of plants of the family Crassulaceae