Talk:Danaus

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[edit] Danaus and Akhenaton

A question by IonnKorr

- Was Danaus, king of Argos, the same person with Akh-en-aton, pharaoh of Egypt or with an naval-general of Egyptean fleet?

--Ionn-Korr 09:36, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

No. I have removed

It has been suggested that the figure Danaus represents an actual Egyptian monarch, possibly identified with the pharaoh Akhenaton (as accounted by the ancient Greco-Aegyptian, Manetho). Furthering the parallel, the character of Aegyptus bears similarities with the pharaoh Ay. This leads some to believe that the Aegyptiads were an Egyptian army that was sent by Ay and Ammonian priests to punish Akhenaton and Atenists, and, following from this presumption, that the Danaids were Egyptians who followed Akenaton to Greece after his escape from Egypt.

It strikes me as an amateur historian's pop theory, based on little actual research, and absolutely no study of linguistics, etymology, and the danaii. --Victim of signature fascism 23:22, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Haplogroup E3b

Does this myth reflect the presence of haplogroup E3b in Greece from Northern Africa? What about the Helots in Iron Age Greece? --Kupirijo 05:53, 2 August 2007 (UTC)