Danaus

[ dan-ey-uhs ]

noun

, Classical Mythology.

1. a ruler of Argos who ordered his 50 daughters to kill their husbands on their wedding night.

Danaüs

/ ˈdænɪəs /

noun

1. Greek myth a king of Argos who told his fifty daughters, the Danaides, to kill their bridegrooms on their wedding night

Example Sentences

The story referred to is that of the fifty daughters of Danaus, who were married to the fifty sons of Aegyptus, their cousins.

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Danaus cautions his Daughters very handsomly in point of Behaviour.

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Argos was of old called Hippeion; not from the animal Ἱππος, but απο Ἱππης του Δαναου, from Hippa the daughter of Danaus.

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Some of them were conducted by Danaus, and Cadmus, who were the most illustrious of the whole.

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Well, try the Lemnian women, or the daughters of Danaus, if you want to please with that sort of tale.

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