Daughters of Danaus - Other Danaids

Other Danaids

Several minor female characters, mentioned in various accounts unrelated to the main myth of Danaus and the Danaides, are also referred to as daughters of Danaus. These include:

• Anaxithea, mother of Olenus by Zeus
• Amphimedusa, mother of Erythras by Poseidon
• Eurythoe, one of the possible mothers of Oenomaus by Ares; alternatively, mother of Hippodamia by Oenomaus
• Hippodamia and Isione, wives of Olenus and Orchomenus or Chryses respectively, who were both seduced by Zeus
• Isonoe, mother of Orchomenus by Zeus
• Phaethusa, one of the possible mothers of Myrtilus by Hermes
• Phylodameia, mother of Pharis by Hermes
• Physadeia, who, like her sister Amymone, gave her name to a freshwater source
• Polydora, mother of Dryops (Oeta) by the river god Spercheus
• Side, mythical eponym of a town in Laconia