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Danaides
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synonyms: Daughters of Danaus, Belides ???
tags: [mythology]
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Definition:the 50 daughters of Danaus who each married a cousin whom they subsequently murdered on their wedding night. In Hades they were given the futile task of pouring water into a perforated vessel for all eternity.As with Sisyphus they usually represent futility.
painting: by John William Waterhouse (1903)
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Miss Ophelia, in a few days, thoroughly reformed every department of the house to a systematic pattern; but her labors in all departments that depended on the cooperation of servants were like those of Sisyphus or the Danaides. In despair, she one day appealed to St. Clare.
Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin
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