10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DANAIDES»
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1
The Rough Guide to Opera
Act I Danaus and his fifty daughters, the Danaides, vow loyalty to their enemy
Aegyptus, Danaus's brother. Aegyptus dies and is succeeded by his eldest son,
Lynceus (Lyncee). He and his brothers each agree to marry one of the Danaides;
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Matthew Boyden, Nick Kimberley, Joe Staines, 2002
2
Ariadne's Thread: A Guide to International Tales Found in ...
but leaky with disbelief and forgetfulness.10 Xenophon, Plato's contemporary,
remarks that he finds pitiable those persons who, according to tradition, pour
water into a perforated pithos, since they labor in vain.11 Danaides By the first
century ...
3
Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion
Polygnotus and Plato certainly, the black-figured vase-painter probably, regarded
the water-carriers of Hades not as mythical Danaides, but as real human persons
uninitiated. By the date of the Axiochus the fruitless water-carriers are ...
Jane Ellen Harrison, 1908
4
Dreams in Greek Tragedy: An Ethno-psycho-analytical Study
In short, what underscores the oedipal element in this whole drama is precisely
the Danaides' socially disingenuous pretence that a marriage with their (paternal)
cousins would be incestuous.43 The fact is that neither Aischylos nor any other ...
5
Zeus: A Study in Ancient Religion
Damnameneus 922 Damophon 5670 712 968 1108 Dan Cult: Boiotia 7363 Dan,
the Hebrew tribe 354e Danaai 361 See also Danaides Danae Myths : founds
Ardea 365 is imprisoned by Akrisios in bronze chamber 364 is visited by Zeus as
a ...
6
Modernist Mysteries: Persephone
When the Danaides have finished singing, Persephone, the Shadows, and
Eumolpus recommence their exchange, deflating the lulling affect of Gide's
archaically styled poetry. In draft 2a Gide wanted Persephone to reply to the
Danaides' ...
7
Encyclopedia of Greco-Roman Mythology
His brother, Aegyptus, had 50 sons and suggested a mass marriage between his
sons and the Danaides. Danaus fled, taking his daughters with him to Argos,
where he was elected king in place of Gelanor. However, the 50 sons of
Aegyptus ...
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Purcarete's Les Danaides, is hardly the "Reconstruction of Aeschylus's Lost
Tetralogy" it purports to be. Instead, it is an elaborate commercial for the white
suitcases ...
9
Hellenosemitica: An Ethinic and Cultural Study in West ...
II: 171). They were revered in Argos in classical times for having watered the
country. In the later mythology the Danaides are represented as forever carrying
water into a bottomless vessel, a punishment for having killed their husbands.
10
The Biopolitics of Race: State Racism and U.S. Immigration
13 The exile of the Danaides and the vanquishing of the Amazons, particularly,
are a part of these efforts to justify patriarchy and create obedient women. But
something else is made clear through these myths. Greek myths perpetuate the
idea ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DANAIDES»
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Danaides is used in the context of the following news items.
The EU and Greece: Changing frames and pursuing the Odyssey
... the impatience and concern of those partners, who are sick and tired of feeling that they are pouring their aid into a bottomless, shapeles “Danaides basin ». «EurActiv, Jul 15»
Katrougalos attacks money-saving project Syzefxis
“We kept pouring money into the Danaides' barrel,” said Katrougalos, claiming that “this was not to serve public but personal interests.”. «Kathimerini, Jun 15»
Children's Books: Tales to Tame Your Wild Beasts
... knowing something not only of the doomed lovers but also of such characters as Thanatos (the spirit of death) and the condemned Danaides, ... «Wall Street Journal, May 15»
Welcome to hell … updated with technology
Now: The Danaides have to use Lotus Notes. Alexandra Petri writes the ComPost blog, offering a lighter take on the news and opinions of the ... «Washington Post, May 15»
Homer In Syria
... on it by day, only for the liver to grow back at night; the Danaides spending eternity trying to fill a bath with water they must carry to it in sieves. «Huffington Post, Nov 14»
Christophe Rousset: Revolution, romps and Rameau
I met him last week in Vienna, where he was starting a tour of the opera Las Danaides by Salieri, reputedly the poisoner of Mozart – a drama ... «The Guardian, Nov 13»
Still scrappy Links Hall opens in new space
Andrea Peterson and Amaia Gabantxo delivered "Danaides," which uses flamenco with startling originality, preceded by Peterson's haunting, ... «Chicago Tribune, Apr 13»
Shakespeare, Mozart and Kathryn Bigelow: What Really Happened?
It was a reasonably enjoyable piece (the overture from his opera Les Danaides). But naturally when I heard the name Salieri, I immediately ... «Forbes, Feb 13»
Actress, kickboxing champ scores big on Brooklyn College soccer …
Seeking a bigger challenge, she moved to New York in 1997 to take a part in a play, Les Danaides, at the Lincoln Center Festival and has ... «New York Post, Jan 13»
That Cereal Is Greek to Me
Данайцы is the ancient Russian term for Greeks and should not be confused with the Danaides, the daughters of Danaus who murdered their ... «The Moscow Times, Aug 12»
