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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 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]
[2] Strabo described the temple as founded by the Danaides rather than their father: "In Lindos there is a famous temple of Athena Lindia, founded by the daughters of Danaüs." [ 3 ] According to Callimachus , the cult image of Athena put in place by Danaus was originally a xoanon before it was replaced by a statue, which indicates that the ...
Danaids Aegyptus' Sons Danaids Aegyptus' Sons Danaids Aegyptus' Sons Danaids Aegyptus' Sons Danaids 1 Antimachus Midea 11 Mineus Myrmidone 21 Niauius Glaucippe 31 Polydector: Oeme 41 Dolichus Pirene 2 Panthius Philomela 12 Canthus: Eurydice 22 Pamphilus Demophile 32 Itonomus Polybe 42 Hyperbius Eupheme 3 Proteus: Scylla 13 Asterius: Cleo 23 Clytus
In the UK, the temple-front applied to The Vyne, Hampshire, was the first portico applied to an English country house. A pronaos (UK: / p r oʊ ˈ n eɪ. ɒ s / or US: / p r oʊ ˈ n eɪ. ə s /) is the inner area of the portico of a Greek or Roman temple, situated between the portico's colonnade or walls and the entrance to the cella, or shrine.
The Danaids tell King Pelasgus that if he refuses their plea, they will commit suicide by hanging themselves on the statues of the gods at the sanctuary. Pelasgus wants to help them, but he doesn't want to start a war with Egypt. He gives the decision to the Argive people, who unanimously decide in the favour of the Danaids.
Today's NYT Connections puzzle for Saturday, February 15, 2025The New York Times
In Aeschylus's play, The Suppliants, the Danaids fleeing from Egypt seek asylum from King Pelasgus of Argos, which he says is on the Strymon, including Perrhaebia in the north, the Thessalian Dodona and the slopes of the Pindus mountains on the west and the shores of the sea on the east; [32] that is, a territory including but somewhat larger ...