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subject	book bibliographic info
danaids	Bierl (2017) 208, 209 Bremmer (2008) 31 Del Lucchese (2019) 48 Eisenfeld (2022) 105, 106, 107, 108 Gagné (2020) 379 Giusti (2018) 42 Meister (2019) 143, 144, 145, 146 Seaford (2018) 265, 267, 268, 269, 270, 272, 274, 275 Simon (2021) 101 Trapp et al (2016) 59
danaids, and transgression	Fabian Meinel (2015) 196, 197
danaids, as astoxenoi	Fabian Meinel (2015) 200, 201
danaids, cleopatra, cleopatra vii philopator, and the	Giusti (2018) 42
danaids, identity	Fabian Meinel (2015) 193, 194, 195, 196, 198, 199, 200, 201, 204
danaids, in a supplication tragedy	Jouanna (2018) 287
danaids, in the suppliants, prayer	Petrovic and Petrovic (2016) 173
danaids, integration of into argos	Fabian Meinel (2015) 198, 199, 200, 201
danaids, into argos, integration, of	Fabian Meinel (2015) 198, 199, 200, 201
danaids, io, ancestor of the	Manolaraki (2012) 181, 182
danaids, mythological figures, excluding olympian gods and their offspring	Renberg (2017) 324
danaids, of egypt	Mikalson (2003) 182, 192, 193
danaids, portico of	Fertik (2019) 64, 65
danaids, purity of	Fabian Meinel (2015) 194, 195, 196, 197, 204
danaids, purity, of	Fabian Meinel (2015) 194, 195, 196, 197, 204
danaids, rome, temple of apollo palatinus, portico of the	Rutledge (2012) 238, 239, 240, 242, 244
danaids, shunning marriage	Fabian Meinel (2015) 193, 194
danaids, space	Fabian Meinel (2015) 188, 189, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199
danaids, virginity, and the	Petrovic and Petrovic (2016) 166
danaids/danaus/fiancés, of the, danaids, egyptian	Papadodima (2022) 16, 24, 110

List of validated texts:

3 validated results for "danaids"

1. Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound, 838 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Danaids • Io, ancestor of the Danaids

Found in books: Bierl (2017) 209; Manolaraki (2012) 181

838. ἀφʼ οὗ παλιμπλάγκτοισι χειμάζῃ δρόμοις·''. None

838. bride-to-be of Zeus (is any of this pleasing to you?), then, stung by the gadfly, you rushed along the pathway by the shore to the great gulf of Rhea, from where you are tossed in backward-wandering course; and for all time to come a recess of the sea, ''. None

2. None, None, nan (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Danaids • Danaids, • Danaids, and transgression • Danaids, as astoxenoi • Danaids, integration of, into Argos • Danaids, purity of • Danaids, shunning marriage • Egyptian, Danaids/Danaus/fiancés of the Danaids • Io, ancestor of the Danaids • identity, Danaids • integration, of Danaids into Argos • prayer, Danaids in the Suppliants • purity, of Danaids • space, Danaids

Found in books: Del Lucchese (2019) 48; Edmunds (2021) 22; Eisenfeld (2022) 107; Fabian Meinel (2015) 188, 194, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201; Manolaraki (2012) 181; Meister (2019) 144, 145, 146; Papadodima (2022) 16; Petrovic and Petrovic (2016) 173; Seaford (2018) 265, 267, 268, 275

3. Herodotus, Histories, 2.171 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Danaids • Danaids of Egypt

Found in books: Mikalson (2003) 182, 192; Simon (2021) 101

2.171. ἐν δὲ τῇ λίμνῃ ταύτῃ τὰ δείκηλα τῶν παθέων αὐτοῦ νυκτὸς ποιεῦσι, τὰ καλέουσι μυστήρια Αἰγύπτιοι. περὶ μέν νυν τούτων εἰδότι μοι ἐπὶ πλέον ὡς ἕκαστα αὐτῶν ἔχει, εὔστομα κείσθω. καὶ τῆς Δήμητρος τελετῆς πέρι, τὴν οἱ Ἕλληνες θεσμοφόρια καλέουσι, καὶ ταύτης μοι πέρι εὔστομα κείσθω, πλὴν ὅσον αὐτῆς ὁσίη ἐστὶ λέγειν· αἱ Δαναοῦ θυγατέρες ἦσαν αἱ τὴν τελετὴν ταύτην ἐξ Αἰγύπτου ἐξαγαγοῦσαι καὶ διδάξασαι τὰς Πελασγιώτιδας γυναῖκας· μετὰ δὲ ἐξαναστάσης πάσης Πελοποννήσου 1 ὑπὸ Δωριέων ἐξαπώλετο ἡ τελετή, οἱ δὲ ὑπολειφθέντες Πελοποννησίων καὶ οὐκ ἐξαναστάντες Ἀρκάδες διέσωζον αὐτὴν μοῦνοι.''. None

2.171. On this lake they enact by night the story of the god's sufferings, a rite which the Egyptians call the Mysteries. I could say more about this, for I know the truth, but let me preserve a discreet silence. ,Let me preserve a discreet silence, too, concerning that rite of Demeter which the Greeks call

Please note: the results are produced through a computerized process which may frequently lead to errors, both in incorrect tagging and in other issues. Please use with caution.
Due to load times, full text fetching is currently attempted for validated results only.
Full texts for Hebrew Bible and rabbinic texts is kindly supplied by Sefaria; for Greek and Latin texts, by Perseus Scaife, for the Quran, by Tanzil.net

For a list of book indices included, see here.

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