- the
Danaids. King
Danaus had a twin
brother Aegyptus, an
Egyptian king. Both men
fathered 50 children, with
Danaus having 50
daughters (the
Danaids) and...
- kill him. He
orders the
Danaids to
murder their husbands therefore on
their wedding night. His
daughters agree. The
Danaids would open the day after...
- dilemmas. The
Danaids form the
chorus and
serve as the protagonists. They flee a
forced marriage to
their Egyptian cousins. When the
Danaids reach Argos...
-
daughter of King Danaus, and one of the 50
Danaids.
Hypermnestra is most
notable for
being the only
Danaid that betra**** her
father and
refused to kill...
- and
father of the 50
Danaids. In the most
common version of the myth,
Lynceus married his
cousin Hypermnestra, one of the
Danaids and a
princess of Argos...
- "blameless; innocent") was one of the 50
Danaids as a
daughter of Danaus, king of Libya. As the "blameless"
Danaid, her name
identifies her as, perhaps,...
-
Danaid is a
sculpture by
Auguste Rodin,
based on the
account in the
Metamorphoses of Hypermnestra,
eldest of the Danaïdes. It was
originally conceived...
- Herculaneum,
known as "dancers" or "
Danaids", were
modelled after those of the
Danaids from the
Portico of the
Danaids. In
modern times, only the cement...
- 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...
-
Hypolimnas misippus, the
Danaid eggfly, mimic, or diadem, is a
widespread species of
nymphalid butterfly. It is well
known for
polymorphism and mimicry...
