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Danaides

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Da·na·i·des

also Da·na·ï·des D0020000 (də-nā′ĭ-dēz′)pl.n. Greek Mythology The daughters of Danaus, who at their father's command murdered their bridegrooms on their wedding night and were condemned in Hades to pour water eternally into a leaky vessel.

Danaides

(dəˈneɪɪˌdiːz) pl n, sing Danaid (Classical Myth & Legend) 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 Danaidean adj

Danaides

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Danaides

fifty daughters, forty-nine of whom are condemned to Hades to collect water in sieves. [Rom. Myth.: LLEI, I: 326]See: Futility

Danaides

slew husbands on wedding night. [Gk. Myth.: Kravitz, 74]See: Murder
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