The Suppliants (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Aeschylus
- First Published: 463
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Tragedy
- Time of Work: Age of myth
- Setting: Argos
- Genres: Drama, Tragedy
- Subjects: Love or romance, Marriage, Gods or goddesses, Egypt or Egyptians, Greek or Roman times, Sacrifice, Greece or Greek people
- Locales: Greece, ancient, Argos, ancient
Characters Discussed
Danaüs (DAN-ay-uhs), the son of Belus and father of fifty daughters, the Danaïdes. He is a descendant of Io, who was a priestess of Hera and daughter of Inachus, the king of Argos. Io was loved by Zeus, who changed her into a heifer so that she might escape the jealousy of Hera, but Hera sent a gadfly to sting Io and to drive her throughout the world. Having wandered to Egypt, she was touched by Zeus, and from this mystical union was born a son, Epaphus. He, in turn, was the father of Libya, who had two sons, Belus and Agenor. Belus had two sons, Aegyptus...
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