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danaus
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Princeton's WordNet
Danaus, genus Danausnoun
type genus of the Danaidae: monarch butterflies
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Danaus
In Greek mythology, Danaus (, ; Ancient Greek: Δαναός Danaós) was the king of Libya. His myth is a 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.
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danaus
Danaus is a term used in two distinct contexts: 1) In Greek mythology, Danaus is the name of a king of Libya and Egypt, who was the son of Belus and the twin brother of Aegyptus. Danaus is most famous for his fifty daughters, known as the Danaids. 2) In biology, Danaus is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae, which includes the well-known monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus).
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Danaus
In Greek mythology Danaus, or Danaos, was the twin brother of Aegyptus and son of Achiroe and Belus, a mythical king of Egypt. The myth of Danaus is a foundation legend of Argos, one of the foremost Mycenaean cities of the Peloponnesus. In Homer's Iliad, "Danaans" and "Argives" commonly designate the Greek forces opposed to the Trojans.
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Danaüs
son of Belus, and twin-brother of Ægyptus, whom fearing, he fled from with his fifty daughters to Argos, where he was chosen king; by-and-by the fifty sons of Ægyptus, his brother, came to Argos to woo, and were wedded to, their cousins, whom their father provided each with a dagger to murder her husband, which they did, all except Hypermnestra, whose husband, Lynceus, escaping, succeeded her father as king, to the defeat of the old man's purpose in the crime.
Mythology
Danaus
(Dana′us), King of Argos, was the father of fifty daughters, who, all but one, at the command of their father, slew their husbands directly after marriage. For this crime they were condemned to the task of forever trying to draw water with vessels without any bottoms.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of danaus in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of danaus in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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