the son of Belus and Anchinoe, who reigned over Libya, while his brother Aegyptus filled the throne of Arabia. Having been driven from his kingdom by the plots of Aegyptus, he set sail with his fifty daughters in quest of a settlement. After touching at Rhodes, where he set up a statue to Minerva, he landed in Argos; and availing himself of the disaffection of the people towards their lawful sovereign, he succeeded in establishing himself on the throne. The sons of Aegyptus, following the track of their uncle, arrived in Argos, and met their death at the hands of their cousins. (See Danaides.) Danaus died at Argos, or more properly was killed by Lynceus; and his tomb in the Agora was pointed out in the time of Pausanias. He is said also to have built the Acropolis of that city.