Δαναί̈δες

Δαναί̈δες, ων, αἱ the Danaids, daughters of Danaus (all of whom, except Hypermestra, at the behest of their father killed their husbands on their wedding night) 1 Cl 6:2 (the D. linked with Tantalus, Tityus, and Sisyphus in [Plato] Axiochus 371e, and are said to suffer punishment by filling leaky jars with water, but the traditions vary; s. RKnopf, Hdb. ad loc. The rdg. Δαναί̈δες κ. Δίρκαι, found in all mss., is also defended by APlummer, ET 26, 1915, 560–62. For satirical use of the myths s. Tat. 26, 1).—Kl. Pauly I 1379f; II 99.