DANAE  , in See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend, daughter of Acrisius, See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• ARGOS

Argos . Her See also:

• FATHER

father, having been warned by an See also:

• ORACLE (Lat. oraculum, from ora' to pray; the corresponding Greek word is uavreiov or Xpnuri7pwov)

oracle that she would See also:

• BEAR
• BEAR, BLACK
• BEAR, BROWN
• BEAR, GRIZZLY
• BEAR, ISABELLINE
• BEAR, WHITE

bear a son by whom he would be slain, confined Danae in a brazentower . But See also:

• ZEUS

Zeus descended to her in a shower of See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold, and she gave See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth to See also:

• PERSEUS

Perseus, whereupon Acrisius placed her and her See also:

• INFANT (in early forms enfaunt, enfant, through the Fr. enfant, from Lat. infans, in, not, and fans, the present participle of fari, to speak)

infant in a wooden See also:

• BOX
• BOX (Gr. irl or, Lat. buxus, box-wood; cf. 2r6Eir, a pyx)

box and threw them into the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea . They were frnally driven ashore on the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of Seriphus, where they were picked up by a fisherman named Dictys . His See also:

• BROTHER

brother Polydectes, who was king of the island, See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell in love with Danae and married her . According to another See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story, her son Perseus, on his return with the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of See also:

• MEDUSA

Medusa, finding his See also:

• MOTHER

mother persecuted by Polydectes, turned him into See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone, and took Danae back with him to Argos . Latin legend represented her as landing on the See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of See also:

• LATIUM

Latium and marrying Pilumnus or Picumnus, from whom Turnus, king of the Rutulians, was descended . Danae formed the subject of tragedies by See also:

• AESCHYLUS (525–456 B.c.)

Aeschylus, See also:

• SOPHOCLES (495-406 B.c.)

Sophocles, See also:

• EURIPIDES (48o–4o6 B.C.)

Euripides, Livius Andronicus and See also:

• NAEVIUS, GNAEUS (c. 264–? 194 B.C.)

Naevius . She is the personification of the See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

earth suffering from drought, on which the fertilizing See also:

• RAIN (O.E. regn; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Regen, Swed. and Dan. regn; it has been connected with Lat. rigare, to wet, Gr. 13pixeav)

rain descends from See also:

• HEAVEN (0. Eng. hefen, heofon, heofone; this word appears in O.S. hevan; the High. Ger. word appears in Ger. Himmel, Dutch hemel; there does not seem to be any connexion between the two words, and the ultimate derivation of the word is unknown; the sugges

heaven . See also:

• APOLLODORUS

Apollodorus ii . 4; Sophocles, See also:

• ANTIGONE, (I)

Antigone, 944; See also:

• HORACE [QuINTus HORATIUS FLACCUS] (65-8 B.C.)

Horace, Odes, iii . 16; See also:

• VIRGIL (PUBLIUS VERGILIUS MARC)
• VIRGIL, POLYDORE (c. 1470-1555)

Virgil, Aeneid, vii .

41o . See also P . See also:

• SCHWARZ (or SCHWARTZ), CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH (1726-1798)
• SCHWARZ, KARL (1812–1885)

Schwarz, De Fabula Danaeia (1881) .