Definition of: Danaides

(də·nā′ə·dēz)
In Greek mythology, the fifty daughters of Danaus who, with the exception of Hypermnestra, murdered their husbands, the sons of Aegyptus, on their bridal night at their father's command: these forty–nine were punished in Hades by having to draw water in a sieve forever.
—Dan·a·id·e·an (dan′ē·id′ē·ən) adjective