Danaus

Danaus was a Greek mortal king.
==Mythology==
The fifty daughters of Danaus were set to marry the fifty sons of Danaus' twin brother, Aegyptus. Danaus didn't want his daughters to marry his nephews so he took them all to Argos, but Aegyptus and his sons followed. Danaus instructed his daughters to kill their husbands on their wedding night, which forty-nine of them did, and Hypermnestra did not. Danaus was angered by Hypermnestra and put her in the Argive Courts but she was saved by Aphrodite. Lynceus, the husband of Hypermnestra, killed Danaus for the death of his brothers.
==Relationships==
*Parents: Belus and Achiroe
*Spouse(s): Polyxo, Pieria
*Children with Polyxo: Autonoe, Theano, Electra, Cleopatra, Eurydice, Glaucippe, Anthelea, Cleodora, Euippe, Erato, Stygne, Bryce
*Children with Pieria: The Danaides
It is uncertain who the mother of the Danaides was. Some sources state that Pieria was the mother of all fifty of them while other sources list Polyxo as the mother of the twelve that are listed above.
Category:Greek Mythology
Category:Mortals
Category:Kings