people
Belides
The daughters of Belus (the Danaids), who murdered their cousins and must forever carry water that drains away.
Reading notes
- Letters from the Black Sea §3.1 brides of Aegyptus
The Danaids (Belides), the fifty daughters of Danaus who slew their cousin-husbands, sons of Aegyptus, on their wedding night; bywords for murderous brides.
- Ibis §6 the Belides
The Danaids, daughters of Danaus (grandson of Belus), condemned to carry water forever in the underworld for murdering their husbands.
- Metamorphoses §4.82 daughters of Belus
The Belides (Danaids), who murdered their cousins and must forever carry water that drains away.