Danaë. Mother of Perseus by Zeus. Danaïdes.

Danaïdes. 50 daughters of Danaus. 49 condemed to fill sieves for murdering their husbands. Hypermestra.

Dance, George. (The Elder). British designer of Mansion House 1737, London Bridge rebuild 1746.

Dance, George. (The Younger). 1741-1825. English Neoclassical architect College of Surgeons 1813. Founder, Royal Academy.

Dandolo, Enrico. c1108-1205. Blind Venice Doge. Captured Constantinople 1204.

Danegeld. Anglo-Saxon tax 991-1012 to buy off Norse attacks. Heregeld, 1012-51 to raise A-S army vs Norse.

Danelaw. 878-955. NE England under Viking occupation and the laws in effect.

Daniel. 7C BC. Hebrew prophet. Interpreted dreams.

Danilo I-II. 1677-1835, 1826-60. Montenegrin Prince-Bishops.

D’Annunzio, Gabriele. 1863-1938. Italian nationalist writer. Siezed Fiume 1919. Revived Roman salute.

Dante Alighieri. 1265-1321. Italian moralist poet. First vernacular. Banquet 1306. Divine Comedy 1321, printed 1472.

Danton, Georges. 1759-94. French Cordelier, Jacobin. Girondin leader 1792-3. Defeated foreign interveners. Executed by Robespierre.

Danu. Celtic earth goddess.

Danzig. Gdansk.

Daphne. Nymph rejected Apollo-turned to Laurel tree.

Daphnis. Greek mythological shepherd, inventor of bucolic poetry.

Darby, Abraham. 1678-1717. Iron coking process, 1709.

Dardanelles. Mediterranean-Black Sea channel. = Hellespont. Gallipoli. Bosphorus.

Dardanus. Greek ancestor of Trojan kings.

Dares Phrygius. Trojan Priest. Wrote about Trojan Wars.

Darien Scheme. 1698-1700. Failed Scottish attempt to colonize Panama.

Dario, Ruben. 1867-1916. Published Azul 1888, starting Modernismo movement.

Darius I. 550-486BC. Persian King 522-. Defeated by the Greeks at Marathon after expanding empire. Great builder and administrator.

Darius II. Persian King, 423-404BC. Allied with Sparta vs Athens. Lost Egypt.

Darius III. Last Persian King, 335-330BC. Beaten by Alexander the Great.

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