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Audio Help [dan-ey-uh
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| a ruler of Argos who ordered his 50 daughters to kill their husbands on their wedding night. |
Compare Danaides.
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| Dan·a·us also Dan·a·üs
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n. Greek Mythology A king of Argos and father of the Danaides. |
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| type genus of the Danaidae: monarch butterflies |
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