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DANAUS

Volume 4 · 62 words · 1778 Edition

in fabulous history, king of Argos, was, according to some authors, an Egyptian, and the brother of Ramases. After having reigned nine years in conjunction with his brother, he, it is said, was forced to seek an asylum in the country of Argos, which he erected into a kingdom B.C. 1476; but was deposed by his nephew Danaus. See the preceding article.