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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 Greek mythology, the Danaïdes are the fifty daughters of Danaus who marry the fifty sons of Aegyptus, Danaus's twin brother, and all but one of them murder their husbands on their wedding night. Pages in category "Danaïdes"
In Greek mythology, Danaus (/ ˈ d æ n eɪ. ə s /, [1] / ˈ d æ n i. ə s /; [2] Ancient Greek: Δαναός Danaós) was the king of Libya.His myth is a foundation legend of Argos, one of the foremost Mycenaean cities of the Peloponnesus.
Hypermnestra (Ancient Greek: Ὑπερμνήστρα, Hypermnēstra), in Greek mythology, was a Libyan princess and, as one of the 50 Danaids, the daughters of King Danaus, son of King Belus of Egypt. Her mother was Elephantis. She was the full sister to Gorgophone. [1]
The marriage is forced upon his daughters, but Danaus instructs them to murder their husbands on their wedding night. All do except for Hypermnestra , whose husband, Lynceus, flees. Danaus imprisons or threatens to kill Hypermnestra for her disobedience, but Lynceus reappears and kills Danaus; Lynceus becomes the new king of Argos, with ...
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Cleopatra (Ancient Greek: Κλεοπάτρα Kleopatra; "Glory of the father") in Greek mythology was the name of two Danaides of altogether 50 daughters of Danaus sired with different women. Each of the two Cleopatras married – like all their sisters – one of the 50 sons of Danaus’ twin brother Aegyptus .
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