英语词汇aegean sea的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	aegean sea
词源	Aegean Sea. King Aegeus of Greek mythology gives his name to the Aegean Sea. The king’s son Theseus promised to hoist a white sail on his voyage home to Athens from Crete, to signal that he was alive. Theseus neglected to do so and Aegeus, think- ing his son had been killed, committed suicide by throwing himself into the sea that came to be named for him.
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