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Atlanteie ( ancient Greek Ἀτλαντείη Atlanteíē ) is a hamadryad in Greek mythology , one of those nymphs who live in trees and are closely connected to the fate of the tree.

She is one of the wives of Danaos , with whom she had an indefinite number of his 50 daughters. An exact assignment of the daughter names - they are summarized with the daughters of the Hamadryad Phoibe - is not possible based on tradition. These are Hippodameia , Rhodia , Cleopatra , Asteria , another Hippodameia, Glauke , Hippomedusa , Gorge , Iphimedusa , Rhode , Peirene , Dorion , Phartis , Mnestra , Euippe , Anaxibia and Nelo .

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