Danaids
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The Danaids are the fifty daughters of Danaus in Greek mythology, famed for murdering their husbands on their wedding night and being condemned in the Underworld to eternally fill a bottomless vessel with water.
All labels observed (13)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Danaids canonical | 24 |
| Danaides | 5 |
| the fifty daughters of Danaus | 3 |
| myth of the Danaids | 2 |
| the Danaids | 2 |
| Danaid maidens | 1 |
| Danaid suppliants | 1 |
| Danaids myth | 1 |
| Danaids of Argos | 1 |
| Danaus and the Danaids | 1 |
| Danaïdes | 1 |
| The Danaids | 1 |
| daughters of Danaus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6303891 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Danaids Context triple: [Hypermnestra, memberOf, Danaids]
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A.
The Danaides
The Danaides is a 1903 mythological painting by John William Waterhouse depicting the fifty daughters of Danaus condemned in the underworld to eternally pour water into bottomless vessels.
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B.
Orthros
Orthros is a daily morning worship service in the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches that features psalms, hymns, and prayers preparing the faithful for the Divine Liturgy.
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C.
Erinyes
The Erinyes are fearsome chthonic deities of vengeance and retribution in Greek mythology, often depicted as relentless pursuers of those guilty of serious crimes such as murder and oath-breaking.
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D.
Nephelai
Nephelai are the cloud nymphs of Greek mythology, minor deities associated with clouds, rain, and the sky.
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E.
Theban Maenads
The Theban Maenads are the frenzied female followers of Dionysus in Greek mythology, known for their ecstatic worship and violent, trance-like rages in and around Thebes.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Danaids Target entity description: The Danaids are the fifty daughters of Danaus in Greek mythology, famed for murdering their husbands on their wedding night and being condemned in the Underworld to eternally fill a bottomless vessel with water.
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A.
The Danaides
The Danaides is a 1903 mythological painting by John William Waterhouse depicting the fifty daughters of Danaus condemned in the underworld to eternally pour water into bottomless vessels.
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B.
Orthros
Orthros is a daily morning worship service in the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches that features psalms, hymns, and prayers preparing the faithful for the Divine Liturgy.
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C.
Erinyes
The Erinyes are fearsome chthonic deities of vengeance and retribution in Greek mythology, often depicted as relentless pursuers of those guilty of serious crimes such as murder and oath-breaking.
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D.
Nephelai
Nephelai are the cloud nymphs of Greek mythology, minor deities associated with clouds, rain, and the sky.
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E.
Theban Maenads
The Theban Maenads are the frenzied female followers of Dionysus in Greek mythology, known for their ecstatic worship and violent, trance-like rages in and around Thebes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (90)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Danaid
ⓘ
female mythological characters ⓘ figures in Greek mythology ⓘ mythological group ⓘ |
| areAlsoKnownAs |
Danaides
ⓘ
linked to:
Danaids
Danaids of Argos ⓘ
linked to:
Danaids
Danaïdes ⓘ
linked to:
Danaids
|
| areAssociatedWith | Argos ⓘ |
| areChildrenOf | Danaus ⓘ |
| areCondemnedTo | eternally carry water in leaky containers ⓘ |
| areConnectedToMythCycle |
myths of Argos
ⓘ
myths of Danaus and Aegyptus ⓘ |
| areCousinsOf | sons of Aegyptus ⓘ |
| areDaughtersOf | Danaus ⓘ |
| areDepictedIn |
Roman frescoes
ⓘ
ancient Greek vase painting ⓘ later European art ⓘ |
| areFamedFor |
eternal punishment in the Underworld
ⓘ
murdering their husbands on their wedding night ⓘ |
| areGrandchildrenOf | Belus ⓘ |
| areMentionedIn |
Aeschylus' lost play "The Suppliants" trilogy
ⓘ
linked to:
Aeschylus, Danaid trilogy (fragmentary)
Ovid's "Heroides" ⓘ works of Apollodorus ⓘ |
| arePunishedBy | filling a bottomless vessel with water ⓘ |
| arePunishedIn |
Hades
ⓘ
Underworld ⓘ |
| areSistersOf | each other ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfMembers | 50 ⓘ |
| haveExceptionMember | Hypermnestra ⓘ |
| haveMember |
Adiante
ⓘ
Amymone ⓘ Anthelea ⓘ Autonoe ⓘ
linked to:
Autonoë
Bryce ⓘ Callidice ⓘ Cleodora ⓘ Cleopatra ⓘ Cleopatra (second of this name) ⓘ
linked to:
Cleopatra Thea Eueteria
Clite ⓘ
linked to:
Cleite
Clite (second of this name) ⓘ
linked to:
Cleite
Doris ⓘ Electra ⓘ
linked to:
Electra (Oceanid)
Erato ⓘ Eurydice ⓘ Evadne ⓘ Evadne (second of this name) ⓘ Evadne (third of this name) ⓘ
linked to:
Evadne
Evippe ⓘ Glauce ⓘ Glaucippe ⓘ Gorgophone ⓘ Hippodamia ⓘ Hippodamia (second of this name) ⓘ
linked to:
Hippodamia
Hippomedusa ⓘ Hypermnestra ⓘ Ida ⓘ Iphianassa ⓘ Iphimedusa ⓘ Itea ⓘ Laodameia ⓘ
linked to:
Laodamia
Lysianassa ⓘ Melanippe ⓘ Menippe ⓘ Mnestra ⓘ Nesaea ⓘ Oeme ⓘ Phaedra ⓘ Phartis ⓘ Phylodice ⓘ Pyrrope ⓘ Rhadine ⓘ Rhode ⓘ Scaea ⓘ Schoene ⓘ
linked to:
Schoen
Sthenele ⓘ Stygne ⓘ Theano ⓘ Tlepolemeia ⓘ Triteia ⓘ
linked to:
Tritaea
Xanthe ⓘ |
| haveMotifType |
collective female crime
ⓘ
eternal punishment in afterlife ⓘ |
| haveMythologicalTheme |
betrayal of husbands
ⓘ
familial conflict ⓘ forced marriage ⓘ |
| isDaughterOf | Danaus ⓘ |
| isKnownFor | sparing her husband Lynceus ⓘ |
| symbolize |
endless labor
ⓘ
futility ⓘ punishment for marital murder ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Danaids Description of subject: The Danaids are the fifty daughters of Danaus in Greek mythology, famed for murdering their husbands on their wedding night and being condemned in the Underworld to eternally fill a bottomless vessel with water.
Referenced by (44)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Danaids
linked to: Danaids
linked to: Danaids
subject linked to:
Lynceus (by marriage-related tradition of the Danaids)
linked to: Danaids
subject linked to:
Lynceus (by marriage-related tradition of the Danaids)
linked to: Danaids
linked to: Danaids
linked to: Danaids
linked to: Danaids
subject linked to:
Aeschylus, Danaid trilogy (fragmentary)
subject linked to:
Aeschylus, Danaid trilogy (fragmentary)
linked to: Danaids
linked to: Danaids
linked to: Danaids
linked to: Danaids
linked to: Danaids
linked to: Danaids
linked to: Danaids
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linked to: Danaids
linked to: Danaids
linked to: Danaids
subject linked to:
river god Inachus