1000 Classical Characters Briefly Described

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Danae

Daughter of Acrisius, king of Argos, and Eurydice. Jupiter was enamored of her, and they had a son, with whom Danae was exposed in a boat on the sea by her father.

The winds carried them to the island of Seriphus, where she was saved by some fishermen, and carried to Polydectes, king of the place, whose brother, named Dictys, educated the child, who was called Perseus, and kindly treated the mother.

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