![John William Waterhouse - The Danaides [1903]](http://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49037195402_1ef334e6a6_b.jpg)
In Greek mythology, the Danaides were the fifty daughters of King Danaus of Argos, who were all married on a single occasion to fifty suitors, the fifty sons of Danaus's twin brother Aegyptus, king of Egypt. At their father's instructions all but one of them killed their husbands on their wedding nigh
[Private Collection - Oil on canvas, 154.3 x 111 cm]