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The Danaides (1904), a Pre-Raphaelite interpretation by John William Waterhouse. In Greek mythology, the Danaïdes (/ d ə ˈ n eɪ. ɪ d iː z /; Greek: Δαναΐδες), also Danaides or Danaids, were the fifty daughters of Danaus, king of Libya. In the Metamorphoses, [1] Ovid refers to them as the Belides after their grandfather Belus.
The Songs of Joy (watercolor circa 1896–1902 by James Tissot) Song of the Sea from a Sefer Torah. The Song of the Sea (Hebrew: שירת הים, Shirat HaYam; also known as Az Yashir Moshe and Song of Moses, or Mi Chamocha) is a poem that appears in the Book of Exodus of the Hebrew Bible, at Exodus 15:1–18. It is followed in verses 20 and 21 ...
Danais is represented in the table of epics in the received canon on the very fragmentary "Borgia table" [2] as "Danaides". The subject of the epic is the Danaïdes, the fifty daughters of Danaus, a king in Lybia. A description of them preparing for a battle in Egypt (they were to be married off to fifty brothers, the children of Danaus's twin ...
The columns of the Portico of the Danaids were made from yellow giallo antico marble quarried in Numidia. This is the earliest known use of giallo antico in Rome. [87] The temple's architecture may have been designed to compete with that of the Temple of Apollo Sosianus, [15] which was reconstructed at approximately the same time. [88]
The name for the title track comes from when founding member Nick Mulvey attended a rave by the sea in Norfolk. [7] The album was an important influence on the band Alt-J, who listed it as one of five records they wouldn't exist without. [8] The title track was referenced in their song "Dissolve Me", from the album An Awesome Wave. [7]
These 50 sea-nymphs are daughters of the "Old Man of the Sea" Nereus and the Oceanid Doris. [4] [5] Actaea and her other sisters appeared to Thetis when she cried out in sympathy for the grief of Achilles for his slain friend Patroclus. [6] Actaea, a Libyan princess was one of the Danaïdes, daughters of King Danaus and Pieria.
The fragments which make up the Song of Songs found at Qumran are numbered 4Q106, 4Q107, 4Q108, and 6Q6. The scroll 4Q240 is possibly a commentary on the Song of Songs . Emmanuel Tov once argued that 4Q107 is a liturgical text, later changed his assessment to a text for private use, and then abstained from any identification of the use of the ...
Autonoë, one of the 50 Nereids, sea-nymph daughters of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris. [1] Her name means 'giver of inspiration'. [2] Autonoë, one of the Danaïdes, daughter of Danaus and Polyxo. [3] Autonoë, was one of the daughters of Cadmus and Harmonia. [4] Autonoë, daughter of Pireus and mother of Palaemon by ...