Crossword clues for danaus
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Danaus \Danaus\ n. the type genus of the Danaidae, including the monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus.
Syn: genus Danaus.
Wikipedia
In Greek mythology Danaus (; Danaos), was the twin brother of Aegyptus, a mythical king of Egypt. The myth of Danaus is a foundation legend (or re-foundation legend) of Argos, one of the foremost Mycenaean cities of the Peloponnesus. In Homer's Iliad, " Danaans" ("tribe of Danaus") and " Argives" commonly designate the Greek forces opposed to the Trojans.
Danaus, commonly called tigers, milkweeds, monarchs, wanderers, and queens, is a genus of butterflies in the tiger butterfly tribe. They are found worldwide, including North America, South America, Africa, Asia, Indonesia and Australia. For other Tigers see the genus, Parantica.
Usage examples of "danaus".
I dropped the subject, inferring with some satisfaction that young Danaus was illicit.
In short, she said, young Danaus my rescuer and current rival was half my brother!
I moved to stick him as he to draw his antique sword, but was diverted by a fresher threat from Danaus, who roared upon me.
Cepheus with a groan went at Galanthis, Danaus with a grin at me, the guards and Seripheans randomly at each other.
Frantic, Danaus pushed and shouted at her, slipped his helmet, got himself tangled and turned around.
Now she stood, my wife, wild-eyed, to keen general grief: besides Cassiopeia and Danaus, all the Seripheans and sundry palace guards were slain-- including Galanthis, whom Cepheus had had the satisfaction to dispatch and posthumously geld.
Amymone daughter of Danaus, wedded to Poseidon, bare Nauplius, who surpassed all men in naval skill.
Was I, alone of all mankind, to be doomed to perpetual exclusion from the society which, as it seemed to me, was all that rendered existence worth the trouble and fatigue of slavery to the vulgar need of supplying the waste of the system and working at the task of respiration like the daughters of Danaus,--toiling day and night as the worn-out sailor labors at the pump of his sinking vessel?
Argive King Danaus were condemned to pouring water into a container down in Hades that was full of holes.
It was this very fact that had compelled Herman to create the Danaus Plexippus Foundation.
Some of them were conducted by Danaus, and Cadmus, who were the most illustrious of the whole.
The story referred to is that of the fifty daughters of Danaus, who were married to the fifty sons of Aegyptus, their cousins.
The fables about the under world the ferriage over the Styx, poor Tantalus so torturingly mocked, the daughters of Danaus drawing water in sieves all were accredited by the general crowd on one extreme.