Danae - Mythology.
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Danae - Mythology. 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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