Danae
Publié le 17/01/2022
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Greek Daughter of Acrisius, king of
Argos; mother of Perseus, who would one day kill
his grandfather in fulfillment of a prophecy made
by an Oracle. The oracle had told Acrisius that he
would be killed by a son of Danae. Acrisius imprisoned
Danae in a tower or chamber of bronze, safe
from the advances of men, but the great god Zeus
was undeterred in his amorous pursuit of Danae. He
appeared to her in her prison as a shower of gold,
which impregnated her. She bore a son, Perseus.
Scholars think that the story of Zeus and Danae is
a pastoral allegory, in which water is the "gold" of the
Greek shepherd or farmer. Hence Zeus was thought
to send thunder and showers onto the Earth (Danae)
to make her fertile.
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- Perseus Greek Son of the god Zeus and Danae; husband of Andromeda; father of Perses; slayer of the Gorgon Medusa.
- Polydectes Greek King of the island of Seriphos, protector of Danae and her son, Perseus.
- Danae - Mythology.
- DANAE ET PERSEE
- DANAE (Mythologie)