person
Danaus
also: Danai genus
Father of the fifty Danaids, the 'infamous race' condemned in Hades to fill a leaking vessel forever.
Reading notes
- The Odes §2.14 Danaus
The Danaids, condemned in Hades to fill a leaking vessel forever—the 'infamous race.'
- The Odes §3.11 daughters of Danaus
The Danaides, doomed to fill a leaking cask, soothed by Mercury's song.