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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.
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.
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 ...
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Gorge, a woman of Lemnos who slew Elymus the night Lemnian women killed their men. [8] Gorge, a Maenad in the retinue of Dionysus during his Indian campaign. [9] Notes
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.
At least 19 young women and children had been killed and dismembered inside a house, known as the “house of horrors”, in Noida city’s Nithari area. The accused, businessman Moninder Singh ...
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).