Δαναοί

A. the Danaäns, subjects of Δάναος, king of Argos, but in Il. 1.42, al., for the Greeks generally (but expl. as = νεκροί (cf. δάνος (B)), EM 247.49): Com.Sup. Δαναώτατος Ar. Fr. 259:—Δαναΐδαι, ῶν, οἱ, the sons or descendants of Danaus, E. Ph. 466:—Δαναΐδες, αἱ, his daughters, name of a play of A.