Danaides

American  

[duh-ney-i-deez] / dəˈneɪ ɪˌdiz /

Also Danaidae

plural noun

Classical Mythology.

1. the 50 daughters of Danaus, 49 of whom were condemned to pour water forever into a leaky vessel for having murdered their husbands.

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Danaides British  

/ ˌdænɪˈɪdɪən, dəˈneɪɪˌdiːz, ˌdænɪəˈdiːən /

plural noun

1. the fifty daughters of Danaüs. All but Hypermnestra murdered their bridegrooms and were punished in Hades by having to pour water perpetually into a jar with a hole in the bottom

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Other Word Forms

• Danaidean
  adjective

Example Sentences

He represents the punishment of the Danaides as a symbol of the incapacity of the human spirit to enjoy the natural charm of the recurring seasons of the year.

From The Roman Poets of the Republic by Sellar, W. Y.

It was like the cask of Danaides into which the public had been pleased to pour its deposits.

From Chance A Tale in Two Parts by Conrad, Joseph

There is a similar fragment of Aeschylus, Danaides, also quoted by Athenaeus.

From Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus by Long, George

And in the Danaides he says— Osmulia, mœnidea, and cuttle-fish.

From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us

And Aristophanes speaks of it in his Danaides, saying— Mention the cyllastis and the petosiris.

From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us