Definitions for Danaus

Danaus Dan·a·us

Spelling: [dan-ey-uh s]
IPA: /ˈdæn eɪ əs/

Danaus is a 6 letter English word.

You can make 77 anagrams from letters in Danaus (aadnsu).

Definitions for Danaus

noun

  1. a ruler of Argos who ordered his 50 daughters to kill their husbands on their wedding night.

Examples for Danaus

According to the post-Homeric tradition, Danaus was an Egyptian, brother of gyptus.

The daughters of Danaus left off their task of drawing water in a sieve.

After his descendants had reigned for some generations, the throne was seized by Danaus.

Danaus with his daughters flying from his brother Egyptus (that is from Sesac) comes into Greece.

Danaus cautions his Daughters very handsomly in point of Behaviour.

Danaus had reason to fear his nephews, and fled with his daughters to Argos.

And the sons of Aegyptus willed to take the daughters of Danaus in marriage.

In the Supplices the daughters of Danaus may be termed the protagonist; for upon them converges the whole interest of the drama.

After he was once got out of the reach and danger of his father in law king Danaus, he gaue knowledge thereof to Pausanias.

Danaus was the son of Belus, and brother of gyptus, jointly with whom he occupied the throne of Egypt.

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