the fifty daughters of Danaüs. All but Hypermnestra murdered their bridegrooms and were punished in Hades by having to pour water perpetually into a jar with a hole in the bottom
Derived forms
Danaidean (ˌdænɪˈɪdɪən, ˌdænɪəˈdiːən)
adjective
Danaides in American English
(dəˈneɪəˌdiz) or Daˈnaïˌdes (dəˈneɪəˌdiz)
plural nounWord forms: singularˈDanaˌid
Greek Mythology
the fifty daughters of Danaus, a king of Argos: forty-nine murder their husbands at their father's command and are condemned in Hades to draw water forever with a sieve