In Greek mythology, few punishments are as haunting — or as eerily relevant — as that of the Danaïdes, the fifty daughters of Danaus. Their myth is a chilling parable of betrayal, remorse, and the eternal repetition of meaningless labor, echoing down through centuries as a symbol of futility — and perhaps, of the modern condition.
Danaus, king of Libya, fled to Argos with his fifty daughters to escape a forced union proposed by his brother, Aegyptus. The latter’s fifty sons had come to claim the Danaïdes in marriage — a merger Danaus viewed with suspicion and fear.
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