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.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Hypermnestra 0
Danaides 1
daughters of Danaus 1

Statements (90)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Danaid
female mythological characters
figures in Greek mythology
mythological group
areAlsoKnownAs Danaides NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
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
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.

The Suppliants chorus Danaids
The Danaides depicts Danaids
this entity surface form: Danaides
The Danaides depicts Danaids
this entity surface form: daughters of Danaus
Hypermnestra memberOf Danaids