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

Derived Forms

• Danaidean
  adjective

Example Sentences

Had I ever commenced filling the sieve of the Danaides, I should have time for nothing else.

From St. Elmo by Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane)

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

Ay, she is mad indeed, my king, as thou; She throws her all into a burning house, And draweth water in the leaky vessel Of the Danaides.

From Maid of Orleans by Schiller, Friedrich

The fate of the Danaides is his, and he draws long with a bottomless bucket.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 11, September, 1858 by Various

The fifty daughters of Danaus, known as "the Danaides," were punished in Hades for their crime by being compelled everlastingly to pour water into a sieve.

From The History of the Ten "Lost" Tribes Anglo-Israelism Examined by Baron, David