- mythology, the Danaïdes (/dəˈneɪ.ɪdiːz/; Gr****: Δαναΐδες), also
Danaides or
Danaids, were the
fifty daughters of Danaus, king of Libya. In the Metamorphoses...
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Danaid is a
sculpture by
Auguste Rodin,
based on the
account in the
Metamorphoses of Hypermnestra,
eldest of the Danaïdes. It was
originally conceived...
- 2.1.5.7; but
according to
another tradition by
Hyginus (fabulae 170) a
Danaid Cleopatra was the wife of Aegyptus’ son Menalces.
Samson Eitrem: Kleopatra...
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people decide that the
Danaids deserve protection and are
allowed within the
walls of
Argos despite Egyptian protests. A
Danaid trilogy had long been ****umed...
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seems to be the
first play in a tetralogy,
sometimes referred to as the
Danaid Tetralogy,
which probably included the lost
plays The
Egyptians (also called...
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Hypolimnas misippus, the
Danaid eggfly, mimic, or diadem, is a
widespread species of
nymphalid butterfly. It is well
known for
polymorphism and mimicry...
- the "blameless"
Danaid, her name
identifies her as, perhaps,
identical to
Hypermnestra ("great wooing" or "high marriage"), the one
Danaid who did not ********inate...
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Before the
establishment of a democracy, the
Ancient Gr**** city-state of
Argos was
ruled by kings. Most of them are
probably mythical or only semi-historical...
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began a
dynasty of
Argive kings (the
Danaid Dynasty). Some
sources relate that Amymone, the "blameless"
Danaid, and/or
Bryce (Bebryce) also
spared their...
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daughter of Boeotus. She was
married to Orchomenus, son of Zeus and the
Danaid Isonoe, but had a son
Minyas with Poseidon.
Orchomenus became legal father...
