Crossword clues for danaid
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
in Greek mythology, one of the 50 daughters of Danaus, king of Argos, from Greek Danaides (plural). On command of their father, all (except Hypermnestra) killed their husbands and consequently were condemned to draw water perpetually in bottomless buckets.
Wiktionary
n. (context zoology English) Any member of the ''(taxlink Danaidae family noshow=1)''.
WordNet
n. large tropical butterfly with degenerate forelegs and an unpleasant taste [syn: danaid butterfly]
Usage examples of "danaid".
Asiatic princes were introduced into the Council-tent, then when the Danaid king departed, and lastly when the Pharaoh preceded the conquered princes to the banquet.
Suddenly there was a noise in front of the tent, and an officer entered to announce to Mena that the Danaid king and his daughter, accompanied by body-guard, requested to see and speak with him and Nefert.
Hypermnestra Oldest of the Danaid sisters, she was worshiped in Greek Argos as the founder of its royal dynasty.
It is theorized that she was originally not a Danaid but a water-goddess.
But the day when I was reft of your sweet company, I became a true Carmelite, such as they appeared to us, a modern Danaid, who, instead of trying to fill a bottomless barrel, draws every day, from Heaven knows what deep, an empty pitcher, thinking to find it full.
He was born of an Egyptian and a Danaid, and the blond alien mother had impressed her own characteristics very strongly on her son.
What were the Danaids doing but that which each one of us has to do during his or her whole life?
The Asiatics kissed the earth at his feet, only the king of the Danaids did no more than bow before him.