Danaus (Dana′us), King of Argos, was the father of fifty daughters, who, all but one, at the command of their father, slew their husbands directly after marriage. For this crime they were condemned to the task of forever trying to draw water with vessels without any bottoms. See Hypermnestra.
Dancing, see Terpsichore.
Dangers, see Charybdis, also Scylla.
Daphne (Daph′ne). The goddess of the earth. Apollo courted her, but she fled from him, and was, at her own request, turned into a laurel tree.
“... As Daphne was
Root-bound, that fled Apollo.”
Milton.
Dardanus (Dar′danus), a son of Jupiter, who built the city of Dardania, and by some writers was accounted the founder of Troy.
Dead-toll, see Charon.
Death, see Nox.
Deceiver, The, see Apaturia.
Deianira (Deiani′ra), daughter of Oeneus, was wife of Hercules. See Hercules.