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Danaus

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Dan·a·us also Dan·a·üs  (dn-s)
n. Greek Mythology
A king of Argos and father of the Danaides.
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Noun1.DanausDanaus - type genus of the Danaidae: monarch butterflies
genus Danaus
arthropod genus - a genus of arthropods
Danaidae, family Danaidae - small family of usually tropical butterflies: monarch butterflies
Danaus plexippus, milkweed butterfly, monarch butterfly, monarch - large migratory American butterfly having deep orange wings with black and white markings; the larvae feed on milkweed


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Again in the Lynceus, Lynceus is being led away to his death, and Danaus goes with him, meaning, to slay him; but the outcome of the preceding incidents is that Danaus is killed and Lynceus saved.
The Poetics of Aristotle by Aristotle View in context
`Argos which was waterless Danaus made well-watered.
Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context
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