Danaus

King of Libya, and later Argos. Marries his fifty daughters to Egyptus’s fifty sons.

Genealogy

Anchinoe

Belus

Cepheus, Egyptus, Phineus

Actaea, Adiante, Adite, Agave, Amymone, Anaxibia, Anthelia, Asteria, Automate, Autonoe, Bryce, Callidice, Celaeno, Chrysippe, Cleodore, Cleopatra, Cleopatra, Clite, Dioxippe, Dorium, Electryon, Erato, Eurydice, Evippe, Evippe, Glauce, Glaucippe, Gorge, Gorgo, Hippodamia, Hippodice, Hippomedusa, Hippodamia, Hyperippe, Hypermnestra, Iphimedusa, Mnestra, Nelo, Ocypete, Oeme, Phartis, Piren, Podarce, Pylarge, Rhode, Rhodia, Scaea, Sthenele, Stygne, Theano

Places
  1. Argos
  2. Egypt
  3. Libya
  4. Rhodes
Events
  1. Belus gets married and has children
  2. Danaus lives in Libya
  3. Danaus flees with his fifty daughters to Rhodes
  4. Danaus takes over Argos from King Gelanor
  5. The Danaids kill their bridegrooms
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 1.4
  2. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 1.5
  3. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 2.1
  4. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 16.1
  5. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 19.3
  6. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 19.4
  7. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 19.5
  8. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 19.6
  9. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 19.7
  10. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 20.6
  11. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 20.7
  12. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 21.2
  13. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 25.4
  14. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 37.1
  15. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 37.2
  16. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 38.4
  17. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 12.2
  18. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 22.11
  19. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 4, Section 30.2
  20. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 4, Section 35.2
  21. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 1.6
  22. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 21.13
  23. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 10.5
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