person
Danaus
King of Argos and father of the fifty Danaids, who ordered his daughters to murder their husbands, the sons of his brother Aegyptus.
Reading notes
- The Heroides §14 Danaus
King of Argos, father of the fifty Danaids, who commanded them to kill their bridegrooms, the sons of his brother Aegyptus.
- The Heroides §14 Pelasgus
Danaus, the Argive ('Pelasgian') king, beneath whose roof the deadly weddings were held.
- Metamorphoses §10.287 daughters of Belus
The Danaids, granddaughters of Belus, condemned to fill leaking urns forever.