Danae

Danae in Wikipedia

In Greek mythology, Danae (Ancient Greek: Δανάη, English translation: "parched"[citation needed]) was a daughter of King Acrisius of Argos and Eurydice (no relation to Orpheus' Eurydice). She was the mother of Perseus by Zeus. She was sometimes credited with founding the city of Ardea in Latium. Disappointed by his lack of male heirs, Acrisius...

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Danae in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（Δανάη). See ACRISIUS. We may add here the story which we meet with at a later time in Italy, and according to which Danae went to Italy, built the town of Ardea, and married Pilumnus, by whom she became the mother of Daunus, the ancestor of Turnus. (Verg. A. 7.372, 409, with Servius's note.) - A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and my...

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