Danais (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Danais () can refer to the following female figures:

Danais, a nymph lover of Pelops who bore him a son, Chrysippus. As Pelops was already married to Hippodamia at the time, their son was illegitimate, but raised alongside his legitimate half-brothers.Pseudo-Plutarch, Parallel Stories 33 Danais (or Cressa), a Cretan nymph who bore the Curetes to the god Apollo.Tzetzes ad Lycophronem 78. Tzetzes' writing can be read both as "the Danaid nymph Cressa" or "the Cretan nymph Danais." Danais, the singular form of Danaïdes, the fifty daughters of Danaus by various women.

References

Bibliography John Tzetzes, Ad Lycophronem, edited by Eduard Scheer. Berlin: Weidmann publications. 1881. Internet Archive. Pseudo-Plutarch, Parallels, or A Comparison Between the Greek and Roman Histories in The Moralia, translations edited by William Watson Goodwin (1831-1912), from the edition of 1878, reformatted/lightly corrected by Brady Kiesling. Online version at Topos Text.