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Danaus, was the son of King Belus of Egypt and the naiad Achiroe, daughter of the river god Nilus, [3] or of Sida, [4] eponym of Sidon. He was the twin brother of Aegyptus , king of Egypt while Euripides adds two others, Cepheus , King of Ethiopia and Phineus , betrothed of Andromeda .
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 Greek mythology, Danaus (/ ˈ d æ n eɪ. ə s /; [1] Ancient Greek: Δαναός Danaós) may refer to the following individuals: . Danaus, king of Libya and father of the Danaides.
In Greek mythology, the Sons of Aegyptus were the fifty progeny of the king of Egypt, Aegyptus. They married their cousins, the fifty daughters of Danaus, twin brother of Aegyptus. In the most common version of the myth, they were all killed except one, Lynceus, who was saved by his wife Hypermnestra on their wedding night.
Some dynasties only ruled part of Egypt and existed concurrently with other dynasties based in other cities. The 7th might not have existed at all, the 10th seems to be a continuation of the 9th, and there might have been one or several Upper Egyptian Dynasties before what is termed the 1st Dynasty.
Plain Tiger. Danaus chrysippus, also known as the plain tiger, [1] [2] African queen, [2] or African monarch, is a medium-sized butterfly widespread in Asia, Australia and Africa. [2]
Tanis is unattested before the 19th Dynasty of Egypt, when it was the capital of the 14th nome of Lower Egypt. [9] [a] A temple inscription datable to the reign of Ramesses II mentions a "Field of Tanis", while the city in se is securely attested in two 20th Dynasty documents: the Onomasticon of Amenope and the Story of Wenamun, as the home place of the pharaoh-to-be Smendes.
In Greek mythology, Aegyptus or Ægyptus (/ ɪ ˈ dʒ ɪ p t ə s /; Ancient Greek: Αἴγυπτος) was a legendary king of ancient Egypt. [1] He was a descendant of the princess Io through his father Belus, and of the river-god Nilus as both the father of Achiroe, his mother and as a great, great-grandfather on his father's side.