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In Greek mythology, Danaë (/ ˈdæneɪ.i /, [1] / ˈdæni.iː /; [2] Ancient Greek: Δανάη, romanized: Danáē; Ancient Greek: [da.ná.ɛː], Modern: [ðaˈna.i]) was an Argive princess and mother of the hero Perseus by Zeus. She was credited with founding the city of Ardea in Latium during the Bronze Age.
Danae was the daughter of King Acrisius of Argos and Queen Eurydice, in Greek mythology. Acrisius was disappointed that he had no sons to give his throne, and asked an oracle for help. The answer he got was that his grandson would kill him.
One of the subjects of Zeus’ wandering eye was Danae, a princess of Argos on the Peloponnesian peninsula. Danae was the only child of Acrisius and Eurydice, the ruling couple of Argos, and as she grew up, Danae gained a reputation of being the most beautiful female mortal of the age.
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PARENTS
[1.1] AKRISIOS (Homer Iliad 14.319, Aeschylus, Herodotus 6.53, Strabo 10.5.10, Diodorus Siculus 4.9.1, Pausanias 2.23.7, Hyginus Fabulae 155, Ovid Metamorphoses 4.607, Nonnus Dionysiaca 30.264) [1.2] AKRISIOS & EURYDIKE (Apollodorus 2.26) [1.3] AKRISIOS & AGANIPPE (Hyginus Fabulae 63)
OFFSPRING
[1.1] PERSEUS (by Zeus) (Homer Iliad 14.319, Pindar Pythian 12. 16, Aeschylus, Apollodorus 2.34, Strabo 10.5.10, Herodotus 6.53 & 7.61, Diodorus Siculus 4.9.1, Hyginus Fabulae 63 & 155, Ovid Metamorphoses 4.607, Nonnus Dionysiaca 2.286, et al)
DANAE (Danaê). An oracle declared that Danaë, the daughter of Acrisius, would give birth to a son, who would kill his grandfather. For this reason Acrisius kept Danaë shut up in a subterraneous apartment, or in a brazen tower. But here she became mother of Perseus, notwithstanding the precautions of her father, according to some accounts by her unc...
Homer, Iliad 14. 319 ff (trans. Lattimore) (Greek epic C8th B.C.) : "[Zeus speaks to Hera of his greatest loves :] Zeus who gathers the clouds answered her : ‘. . . Never before has love for any goddess or woman so melted about the heart inside me, broken it to submission, as now: not that time . . . when I loved Akrisios' (Acrisius') daughter swee...
GREEK
1. Homer, The Iliad - Greek Epic C8th B.C. 2. Hesiod, The Shield of Heracles - Greek Epic C8th - 7th B.C. 3. Pindar, Odes - Greek Lyric C5th B.C. 4. Aeschylus, Fragments - Greek Tragedy C5th B.C. 5. Apollodorus, The Library - Greek Mythography C2nd A.D. 6. Apollonius Rhodius, The Argonautica - Greek Epic C3rd B.C. 7. Lycophron, Alexandra - Greek Poetry C3rd B.C. 8. Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History - Greek History C1st B.C. 9. Strabo, Geography - Greek Geography C1st B.C. - C1st A.D. 1...
ROMAN
1. Hyginus, Fabulae - Latin Mythography C2nd A.D. 2. Ovid, Metamorphoses - Latin Epic C1st B.C. - C1st A.D. 3. Statius, Thebaid - Latin Epic C1st A.D.
Oct 4, 2023 · Danae was a Greek princess, the daughter of the Argive king Acrisius. Fearing a prophecy that he would be killed by his own grandson, Acrisius imprisoned Danae to prevent her from conceiving. But Zeus seduced Danae as a shower of gold dust, and she became pregnant with Perseus.
role in legend of Perseus. In Perseus. …the son of Zeus and Danaë, the daughter of Acrisius of Argos. As an infant he was cast into the sea in a chest with his mother by Acrisius, to whom it had been prophesied that he would be killed by his grandson. After Perseus had grown up on the….
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Aug 11, 2024 · Danaë was a princess of Argos and the mother of Perseus. A prophecy said her son would kill her father, King Acrisius. King Acrisius locked her in a bronze tower to stop this from happening. Zeus visited her in the form of a golden shower, leading to Perseus’s birth.
