Danaides

American  

[duh-nay-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  

/ dəˈneɪɪˌdiːz /

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

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Example Sentences

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Danaides

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 Joseph Conrad

The history of practical medicine had been like the story of the Danaides.

From Medical Essays, 1842-1882 by Oliver Wendell Holmes

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 Friedrich Schiller

Theology is truly the vessel of the Danaides.

From The System of Nature, Volume 2 by Paul Henri Thiry, baron d'Holbach

It needed not only the energy of an American, but the tongue of a Dane and the perserverance of Danaides.

From The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 by L. de (Lillie de) Hegermann-Lindencrone

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