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The Danaides (1904), a Pre-Raphaelite interpretation by John William Waterhouse. In Greek mythology, the Danaïdes (/ d ə ˈ n eɪ. ɪ d iː z /; Greek: Δαναΐδες), also Danaides or Danaids, were the fifty daughters of Danaus, king of Libya. In the Metamorphoses, [1] Ovid refers to them as the Belides after their grandfather Belus.
In some versions, Lynceus later killed Danaus as revenge for the death of his brothers. The remaining forty-nine Danaides had their grooms chosen by a common mythic competition: A foot-race was held, and the order in which the potential Argive grooms finished decided their brides (compare the myth of Atalanta).
Myrmidone, one of the Danaïdes, who married and killed Mineus, a son of Aegyptus. [ 1 ] Myrmidone of Lemnos , who killed Hypsipyle 's two half-brothers, Cydon and Crenaeus, and Hypsipyle's fiancé Gyas on the night the Lemnian men were massacred by their women.
Lynceus later killed Danaus as revenge for the death of his brothers. Hypermnestra and Lynceus' son, Abas, would be the first king of the Danaid Dynasty. In some versions of the legend, the Danaides were punished in the underworld by being forced to carry water in a jug with holes, or a sieve, so the water always leaked out.
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Lynceus later killed Danaus as revenge for the death of his brothers. Lynceus and Hypermnestra then began a dynasty of Argive kings (the Danaid Dynasty ) beginning with Abas . In some versions of the legend, the Danaïdes, minus Hypermnestra (or sometimes alternately Amymone ), were punished in Tartarus by being forced to carry water through a ...
Dioxippe, wife of Agenor and mother of Sipylus who killed her unwittingly. [4] Dioxippe, one of Actaeon's dogs. [5] Notes References. Apollodorus, The Library with an ...
Amyntor (son of Aegyptus), killed by his wife Damone, one of the Danaïdes. Amyntor (son of Phrastor), father of Teutamides and grandfather of Nanas. People: Amyntor (Macedonian), a 4th-century Macedonian aristocrat and the father of Hephaestion, the general and companion of Alexander the Great