Danaids
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The Danaids are the fifty daughters of Danaus in Greek mythology, famed for murdering their husbands on their wedding night and being condemned in the Underworld to eternally fill a bottomless vessel with water.
Observed surface forms (3)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hypermnestra | 0 |
| Danaides | 1 |
| daughters of Danaus | 1 |
Statements (90)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Danaid
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female mythological characters ⓘ figures in Greek mythology ⓘ mythological group ⓘ |
| areAlsoKnownAs |
Danaides
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Danaids of Argos NERFINISHED ⓘ Danaïdes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| areAssociatedWith | Argos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| areChildrenOf | Danaus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| areCondemnedTo | eternally carry water in leaky containers ⓘ |
| areConnectedToMythCycle |
myths of Argos
ⓘ
myths of Danaus and Aegyptus ⓘ |
| areCousinsOf | sons of Aegyptus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| areDaughtersOf | Danaus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| areDepictedIn |
Roman frescoes
ⓘ
ancient Greek vase painting ⓘ later European art ⓘ |
| areFamedFor |
eternal punishment in the Underworld
ⓘ
murdering their husbands on their wedding night ⓘ |
| areGrandchildrenOf | Belus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| areMentionedIn |
Aeschylus' lost play "The Suppliants" trilogy
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ⓘ
Ovid's "Heroides" NERFINISHED ⓘ works of Apollodorus ⓘ |
| arePunishedBy | filling a bottomless vessel with water ⓘ |
| arePunishedIn |
Hades
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Underworld NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| areSistersOf | each other ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfMembers | 50 ⓘ |
| haveExceptionMember | Hypermnestra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| haveMember |
Adiante
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ⓘ
Amymone NERFINISHED ⓘ Anthelea NERFINISHED ⓘ Autonoe NERFINISHED ⓘ Bryce NERFINISHED ⓘ Callidice NERFINISHED ⓘ Cleodora NERFINISHED ⓘ Cleopatra NERFINISHED ⓘ Cleopatra (second of this name) NERFINISHED ⓘ Clite NERFINISHED ⓘ Clite (second of this name) NERFINISHED ⓘ Doris NERFINISHED ⓘ Electra NERFINISHED ⓘ Erato NERFINISHED ⓘ Eurydice NERFINISHED ⓘ Evadne NERFINISHED ⓘ Evadne (second of this name) NERFINISHED ⓘ Evadne (third of this name) NERFINISHED ⓘ Evippe NERFINISHED ⓘ Glauce NERFINISHED ⓘ Glaucippe NERFINISHED ⓘ Gorgophone NERFINISHED ⓘ Hippodamia NERFINISHED ⓘ Hippodamia (second of this name) NERFINISHED ⓘ Hippomedusa NERFINISHED ⓘ Hypermnestra NERFINISHED ⓘ Ida NERFINISHED ⓘ Iphianassa NERFINISHED ⓘ Iphimedusa NERFINISHED ⓘ Itea NERFINISHED ⓘ Laodameia NERFINISHED ⓘ Lysianassa NERFINISHED ⓘ Melanippe NERFINISHED ⓘ Menippe NERFINISHED ⓘ Mnestra NERFINISHED ⓘ Nesaea NERFINISHED ⓘ Oeme NERFINISHED ⓘ Phaedra NERFINISHED ⓘ Phartis NERFINISHED ⓘ Phylodice NERFINISHED ⓘ Pyrrope NERFINISHED ⓘ Rhadine NERFINISHED ⓘ Rhode NERFINISHED ⓘ Scaea NERFINISHED ⓘ Schoene NERFINISHED ⓘ Sthenele NERFINISHED ⓘ Stygne NERFINISHED ⓘ Theano NERFINISHED ⓘ Tlepolemeia NERFINISHED ⓘ Triteia NERFINISHED ⓘ Xanthe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| haveMotifType |
collective female crime
ⓘ
eternal punishment in afterlife ⓘ |
| haveMythologicalTheme |
betrayal of husbands
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familial conflict ⓘ forced marriage ⓘ |
| isDaughterOf | Danaus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isKnownFor | sparing her husband Lynceus ⓘ |
| symbolize |
endless labor
ⓘ
futility ⓘ punishment for marital murder ⓘ |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Danaides
this entity surface form:
daughters of Danaus