Danae

First appears: The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 1–20

Danae was the daughter of Acrisius and Eurydice. In Part 2 of The Shield of Heracles, she is named as the mother of Perseus, “the son of rich-haired Danae.”

Relationship record

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 1–20

• parent: Acrisius “And Acrisius had by Eurydice the daughter of Lacedemon, Danae;”
• parent: Eurydice “And Acrisius had by Eurydice the daughter of Lacedemon, Danae;”

The Shield of Heracles · Part 2

• child: Perseus “There, too, was the son of rich-haired Danae, the horseman Perseus:”

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Extracted from the original text of Hesiod and Homerica. Made with Rho MD.