- mythology, the Danaïdes (/dəˈneɪ.ɪdiːz/; Gr****: Δαναΐδες), also
Danaides or
Danaids, were the
fifty daughters of Danaus. In the Metamorphoses, Ovid refers...
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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...
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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...
- 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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Sterope Hyg. Fab. 1st cent. AD
Harpina Diod. Sic. 1st cent. BC
Eurythoe the
Danaid Tzetzes 12th cent. AD
Evenus Sterope Ps.-Plutarch
Demonice Apollod. 1st/2nd...
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Thebes and the
Danaid Trilogy". She writes: The most
significant point of contact, however,
between Eteocles and the
suppliant Danaids is, in fact, their...
