These figures came to the kingdom of Gelanor soon after Poseidon had punished Inachus for claiming that the land belonged to Hera, and they introduced a rite of Demeter named Thesmophoria to Greece. One member of this group had a son named Abas, whose children Acrisius and Proetus struggled for powe
These figures came to the kingdom of Gelanor soon after Poseidon had punished Inachus for claiming that the land belonged to Hera, and they introduced a rite of Demeter named Thesmophoria to Greece. One member of this group had a son named Abas, whose children Acrisius and Proetus struggled for power in the womb. That woman was married to Lynceus. After a banquet, the father of this group gave an order which only one, Hypermnestra, disobeyed. In the underworld, they eternally attempt to bring water from a stream with perforated jugs. For 10 points, identify these women, forty-nine of whom killed their husbands on their wedding night.
These figures came to the kingdom of Gelanor soon after Poseidon had punished Inachus for claiming that the land belonged to Hera, and they introduced a rite of Demeter named Thesmophoria to Greece.
{Danaid}s [or {Danaides}, accept {daughters} of {Danaus} or equivalents]