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Danaid

Meaning of "Danaid" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DANAID

dəˈneɪɪd


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DANAID

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Danaid is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DANAID MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Danaus

In Greek mythology Danaus, or Danaos, was the twin brother of Aegyptus and son of Achiroe and Belus, a mythical king of Egypt. The myth of Danaus is a foundation legend of Argos, one of the foremost Mycenaean cities of the Peloponnesus. In Homer's Iliad, "Danaans" and "Argives" commonly designate the Greek forces opposed to the Trojans.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DANAID

anobiid · araneid · arctiid · clupeid · eriophyid · euphausiid · gobiid · Nereid · Perseid · pourtrahed · proteid · reduviid · saiyid · saturniid · sayid · sayyid · sclereid · Thebaid · tineid · tracheid

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DANAID

Dan. · Dana · Danaidean · Danaides · danazol · Danby

WORDS THAT END LIKE DANAID

afraid · aid · braid · bridesmaid · first aid · Haid · hearing aid · housemaid · laid · maid · Medicaid · mermaid · overlaid · overpaid · paid · plaid · prepaid · raid · said · unpaid

Synonyms and antonyms of Danaid in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Danaid» into 25 languages

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Danaid
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Danaid
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Danaid
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Danaid
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Danaid
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डनाईड
75 millions of speakers
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Danaid
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Danaid
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Danaid
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Danaid
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Danaid
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DANAID»

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India, a Lifescape: Butterflies of Peninsular India
42. Danaid. Eggfly. (Plate 19, no. 114 and Plate 21, no. 123) 43. Blue Tiger (Plate 20, no. 116). Larval Host Plants Being such a widely distributed species, it feeds on a variety of plants belonging to many families. Within Indian limits, Artemisia ...
Krushnamegh Kunte, Madhav Gadgil, 2000
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Orpheus: A Poetic Drama
A Poetic Drama Owen Barfield John C. Ulreich. Second Danaid (to Orpheus) We have not stopped because we wish to hear. Third Danaid What is there in your past that makes you sing? Orpheus My Mother's milk was Hippocrene's spring.
Owen Barfield, John C. Ulreich, 1983
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Aeschylus: Suppliants
Danaid myth and that Amymone was later introduced into the Danaid genealogy. 63 In Bacchylides 19.15-45 the Io-myth is close to that described in Suppliants. This is a dithyramb dated not later than about 46064 in which case it is not clear ...
Thalia Papadopoulou, 2014
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Life Of Christian Daniel Rauch Of Berlin, Germany
The head of the nymph is turned to the right, looking kindly at the child, while the Danaid looks sadly at the opening of the jug ; the drapery, which covered only the right hip and forearm of the Danaid, is drawn away from the arm of the nymph, ...
F. Eggers
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Innovations of Antiquity
7. The. Politics. of. Eros. in. the. Danaid. Trilogy. of. Aeschylus. Froma. I. Zeitlin. Conflict between the sexes is the governing theme oftwo Aeschylean trilogies. Both are represented as taking place in the city of Argos and both involve women  ...
Daniel L. Selden, Ralph Hexter, 2013
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The Persians and Other Plays: The Persians / Prometheus ...
Of the fragment of papyrus that preserves information about the first production of the Danaid tetralogy, the part that would have contained the titles of the first two plays has not been preserved; what does survive tells us only that the third play ...
Aeschylus,, 2009
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Cosmology and the Polis: The Social Construction of Space ...
It has emerged that this aetiological pattern is — roughly speaking — common to the Demeter Hymn, Bacchae, Septem, Danaid trilogy and Oresteia. In the tragic instances the crisis includes endophony, along with cosmological confusion that  ...
Richard Seaford, 2012
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Introduction to Ecological Biochemistry
This very remarkable, indeed unique, behaviour of danaid butterflies has been carefully substantiated by both laboratory and field observations (cf. Bemays et al , 1977). One fascinating evolutionary feature of this unusual behaviour of danaid  ...
Jeffrey B. Harborne, 1993
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Apollodorus’ Library and Hyginus’ Fabulae
223.7 Pyramus:Thisbe's lover Hyg. 242, 243.8 Pyrante: Danaid, Hyg. 170 Pyranthus: see Periander Pyrantis: Danaid, Hyg. 170 Pyremus: f. ofAsterion, Hyg. 14.1 Pyrene: m. of Cycnos, Apd. 2.114 Pyrippe: d. ofThespios, Apd. 2.164 Pyrois: one ...
Apollodorus & Hyginus, R. Scott Smith, Stephen M. Trzaskoma, 2007
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Blood on the Stage, 480 B.C. to 1600 A.D.: Milestone Plays ...
The Danaid Tetralogy is the first known theatrical piece to portray a mass murder rooted in the battle of the sexes. It is a trilogy of tragedies—The Egyptians, The Suppliants, The Danaids—and a satyr play, Amymone. The Suppliants is the only  ...
Amnon Kabatchnik, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DANAID»

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Computer algorithm picks the world's most creative art
At the same time, though, the algorithm knocks classics like Auguste Rodin's scuplture Danaid or Albrecht Durer's portrait of his mother. «Engadget, Jun 15»
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Secret behind the Venus de Milo unveiled?
According to whether she held a bow or an amphora, she was Artemis or a Danaid. She is popularly thought to represent Aphrodite, because of ... «The Australian, May 15»
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Greece: Germany owes compensation for WWII
The Barrel of the Danaid. undefined 1 likes. augustinovac. Yeah I wonder how long the EU will continue. The Germans, French, and English ... «Salt Lake Tribune, Mar 15»
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Drexel University to Exhibit Half-Male, Half-Female Butterfly
The rare butterfly belongs to the Hypolimnas misippus species, or the Danaid Eggfly. The species exhibits a strong sexual dimorphism, with ... «ZME Science, Jan 15»
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Mother's fight to save others
“Something really positive has come out of this tragedy and this can only be a good thing.” For more information Visit www.danaid.co.uk. «Yorkshire Post, Jun 14»
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Moore Rodin
Equally unforgettable was the patinated plaster Danaid (1885), the young woman from Greek Mythology shown lying distraught as she realises ... «The Oxford Times, Apr 14»
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Powwow organizer talks Duke Native American culture
Danaid, who is one-sixth Native American, sat down with The Chronicle's Kirby Wilson to talk about the event and the burgeoning presence of ... «Duke Chronicle, Apr 14»
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Helping them flit through summer
Among the other rare and endangered species at the park are the Danaid Eggfly, Common Pierrot, and Guablue. The park has been attracting ... «The Hindu, Mar 14»
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Scientists discover single gene that enables multiple morphs in a …
Sexual dimorphism (marked differences in gender) in mimetic butterflies is often a result of this, such as the Danaid eggfly female which ... «Mongabay.com, Mar 14»
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The butterfly effect
While common coster (orange with stripes) can be often spotted on aamanakku weed, the danaid eggfly butterflies look for nectar on hibiscus ... «The Hindu, Jan 14»
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