- In Gr**** mythology, the
Danaïdes (/dəˈneɪ.ɪdiːz/; Gr****: Δαναΐδες), also
Danaides or Danaids, were the
fifty daughters of Danaus, king of Libya. In the...
- very
fragmentary "Borgia table" as "
Danaides". A U.S.
federal judge used the
version of the
legend in
which the
Danaides are
forced to
perform an impossible...
-
Salieri traveled abroad to
fulfill an
important commission. The
opera Les
Danaïdes (The Danaids) is a five-act tragédie lyrique. The plot was
based on an...
- city,
killing all
fifty of the
Danaïdes except Hypermnestra and
burning the
palace to the ground. Act V The
Danaïdes are sent to
Hades where their father...
- of the
fifty daughters of Aegyptus' twin brother, Danaus,
eponym of the
Danaïdes. A
scholium on a line in Euripides,
Hecuba 886,
reverses these origins...
- Las
Danaides is a
fountain and
sculpture in
Mexico City's
Alameda Central, in Mexico. The
statue depicts two
women representing the 50
daughters of Danaus...
-
based on the
account in the
Metamorphoses of Hypermnestra,
eldest of the
Danaïdes. It was
originally conceived as part of his The
Gates of **** but was not...
- (also
called Aigyptioi), and The
Daughters of
Danaus (also
called The
Danaïdes or The Danaids), and the
satyr play Amymone. It was long
thought to be...
- lake of
Lerna in the Argolid,
which was also the site of the myth of the
Danaïdes.
Lerna was
reputed to be an
entrance to the Underworld, and archaeology...
-
Pelasgus welcomed Danaus and the
Danaïdes when they fled from Aegyptus. In Aeschylus' play The
Suppliants the
Danaïdes fleeing from
Egypt s****
asylum from...
