Danae

Family: Dorian · Role: mother of Perseus · First appears: Book 2 · §81–91

Book 2 · §81–91

• child: Perseus “there is a temple of Perseus the son of Danae which is of a square shape”

Book 6 · §50–57

• child: Perseus “up to Perseus the son of Danae (leaving the god out of account),”
• parent: Acrisios “going back from Danae the daughter of Acrisios, the rulers of the Dorians will prove to be Egyptians by direct descent.”

Book 7 · §57–69

• child: Perseus “but when Perseus, the son of Danae and Zeus, came to Kepheus the son of Belos and took to wife his daughter Andromeda, there was born to them a son to whom he gave the name Perses, and this son he left behind there, for it chanced that Kepheus had no male offspring: after him therefore this race was named.”

Book 7 · §149–155

• child: Perseus “Perses, from whom we are descended, was the son of Perseus, the son of Danae, and was born of the daughter of Kepheus, Andromeda”

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