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- daughters of Danaos
- Children of
- 👤 Danaos
- Descendant of
- 👤 Epaphos (s. of Io) 👤 Io 👤 Zeus
- Wife of
- 👥 the Sons of Aigyptos
- Creates
- 🌍 the Sanctuary of Athena Lindia (Lindos)
- Kills
- 👥 the Sons of Aigyptos
- Has post-mortem existence at
- 🌍 the Underworld
- Subgroups
- 👥 Three Danaids (names unknown)
- Includes
- 👤 Actaia (Danaid) 👤 Adiante 👤 Adite 👤 Agaue (Danaid) 👤 Amymone 👤 Anaxibia (Danaid) 👤 Antheleia 👤 Asteria (Danaid) 👤 Automate 👤 Autonoe (Danaid) 👤 Bryce 👤 Callidice (Danaid) 👤 Cameiro (Danaid) 👤 Celaino (Danaid) 👤 Chrysippe (Danaid)👤 Cleite (Danaid) 👤 Cleodora (Danaid) 👤 Cleopatra (Danaid I) 👤 Cleopatra (Danaid II) 👤 Dioxippe 👤 Dorion (Danaid) 👤 Electra (Danaid) 👤 Erato (Danaid) 👤 Euippe (Danaid I) 👤 Euippe (Danaid II) 👤 Eurydice (Danaid) 👤 Glauce (Danaid) 👤 Glaucippe 👤 Gorge (Danaid) 👤 Gorgophone (Danaid) 👤 Hippodameia (Danaid) 👤 Hippodice 👤 Hippomedousa 👤 Hippothoe (Danaid) 👤 Hyperippe (Danaid) 👤 Hypermnestra (Danaid) 👤 Ialyse (Danaid) 👤 Iphimedousa 👤 Linde (Danaid) 👤 Mnestra 👤 Nelo 👤 Ocypete (Danaid) 👤 Oime 👤 Peirene (Danaid) 👤 Phartis 👤 Phylodameia 👤 Physadeia 👤 Podarce 👤 Pylarge 👤 Rhode (Danaid) 👤 Rhodeia (Danaid) 👤 Scaia 👤 Side (Danaid) 👤 Sthenele (Danaid) 👤 Stygne 👤 Theano (Danaid)
- Depictions
- 🌍 Rome (Italy) 🌍 Syrtis Maior (N. Africa) 🌍 the Palatine Hill (Rome) 🏛️ the Temple of Apollo (Palatine) 🖌️ Fragments of Apulian Red-Figure Hydria attributed to the Sarpedon Painter (Nicholson NM51.39; LIMC Danaides 33)
- Related Entities
- 🌍 Apobathmoi (Argolid) 🌍 Argos (city) 🌍 Egypt 🌍 Lerna (Argolid) 🌍 Rhodes (island) 🌍 River Nile (Egypt) 🌍 Spring and River Amymone (Argolid) 🌍 Syrtis Maior (N. Africa) 🌍 the Argolid 🌍 the Sacred Grove near Mount Potinos (Argolid) 🌍 the Sanctuary of Athena Lindia (Lindos) 🌍 the Underworld 🏛️ the Tomb of the Bodies of the Aigyptoi (Lerna) 🏛️ the Tomb of the Heads of the Aigyptoi (Argos) 🏺 the Ship of Danaos🏺 the Wooden Statue of Dionysos Saotes 👤 Actaia (Danaid) 👤 Adiante 👤 Adite 👤 Agaue (Danaid) 👤 Aigyptos (eponym) 👤 Amymone 👤 Anaxibia (Danaid) 👤 Antheleia 👤 Asteria (Danaid) 👤 Athena 👤 Automate 👤 Autonoe (Danaid) 👤 Bryce 👤 Callidice (Danaid) 👤 Cameiro (Danaid) 👤 Celaino (Danaid) 👤 Chrysippe (Danaid)👤 Cleite (Danaid) 👤 Cleodora (Danaid) 👤 Cleopatra (Danaid I) 👤 Cleopatra (Danaid II) 👤 Danaos 👤 Dionysos 👤 Dioxippe 👤 Dorion (Danaid) 👤 Electra (Danaid) 👤 Epaphos (s. of Io) 👤 Erato (Danaid) 👤 Euippe (Danaid I) 👤 Euippe (Danaid II) 👤 Eurydice (Danaid) 👤 Glauce (Danaid) 👤 Glaucippe 👤 Gorge (Danaid) 👤 Gorgophone (Danaid) 👤 Heracles 👤 Hermes 👤 Hippodameia (Danaid) 👤 Hippodice 👤 Hippomedousa 👤 Hippothoe (Danaid) 👤 Hyperippe (Danaid) 👤 Hypermnestra (Danaid) 👤 Ialyse (Danaid) 👤 Io 👤 Iphimedousa 👤 Linde (Danaid) 👤 Mnestra 👤 Nelo 👤 Ocypete (Danaid) 👤 Oime 👤 Peirene (Danaid) 👤 Phartis 👤 Phylodameia 👤 Physadeia 👤 Podarce 👤 Prometheus (fire-stealer) 👤 Pylarge 👤 Rhode (Danaid) 👤 Rhodeia (Danaid) 👤 Scaia 👤 Side (Danaid) 👤 Sthenele (Danaid) 👤 Stygne 👤 Tantalos (Lydian) 👤 Theano (Danaid) 👤 Themis 👤 Zeus 👥 the Erinyes 👥 the Sons of Aigyptos
- Appears in
- 📜 Danais fr. 1 West📜 Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 823-875📜 Apollodoros, Library 2.1.4📜 Apollodoros, Library 2.1.5📜 Callimachus, Hymn to Athena 33-56📜 D-Scholia, Iliad 1.42📜 D-Scholia, Iliad 4.171📜 Euripides, Phoenician Women 1584-1763📜 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 76a, b, c Most📜 Lucian, Dialogues of the Courtesans 13.4📜 Lucian, Dialogues of the Dead 21.4 MacLeod📜 Lucian, Dialogues of the Sea-Gods 8.1-8.3 MacLeod📜 Lucian, Hermotimos, or Concerning the Sects 61📜 Lucian, The Dance 44📜 Lucian, The Dipsads 6📜 Ovid, Ibis 355-356📜 Pausanias 2.16.1-2.16.2📜 Pausanias 2.19.6📜 Pausanias 2.24.2📜 Pausanias 2.37.1-2.37.3📜 Pausanias 2.38.4📜 Pausanias 3.12.1📜 Pausanias 3.12.1-3.12.2📜 Pausanias 3.22.11-3.22.13📜 Pausanias 4.30.2-4.30.3📜 Pindar, Nemean 10 1-18📜 Pindar, Pythian 9 103-125📜 Strabo 12.8.18📜 Strabo 14.2.11📜 Strabo 14.2.6-14.2.11📜 Strabo 5.2.3-5.2.4📜 Strabo 8.6.7-8.6.8
- Mentioned in Text
- DanaisAeschylus, Prometheus BoundApollodoros, LibraryCallimachus, Hymn to AthenaD-Scholia, IliadEuripides, Phoenician WomenHesiod, EhoiaiLucian, Dialogues of the CourtesansLucian, Dialogues of the DeadLucian, Dialogues of the Sea-GodsLucian, Hermotimos, or Concerning the SectsLucian, The DanceLucian, The DipsadsOvid, IbisPausaniasPindar, Nemean 10Pindar, Pythian 9Strabo