Danaë (redirected from Acrisioneis)

Danaë (dăn`āē), in Greek legend, daughter of Acrisius. When it was prophesied that Danaë's son would kill Acrisius, her father imprisoned her in a bronze tower. However, Zeus came to her in the form of a shower of gold, and she bore him a son, Perseus. Acrisius put Danaë and Perseus into a chest and threw them into the sea, but they floated safely to land and the prophecy was eventually fulfilled.

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Danaë

In Greek legend, the daughter of Acrisius, king of Argos. After an oracle warned her father that she would bear a son by whom he would be slain, he confined Danaë in a tower. Zeus visited her in the form of a shower of gold, and she gave birth to Perseus. Mother and child were then placed in a wooden box and cast into the sea, and they drifted ashore on the island of Seriphus. Perseus grew up there, and when the island's king, Polydectes, desired Danaë, he sent the young hero off in pursuit of the Medusa. Perseus later rescued his mother and took her to Argos.

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Danaë 

in Greek mythology, the daughter of Acrisius, king of Argos, and the mother of Perseus. According to the myth, it was prophesied to Acrisius that he would die at the hands of his grandson, so he imprisoned Danaé in a brazen tower, which no mortal could penetrate. Zeus entered the tower in the form of a shower of gold, and Danaé bore his son Perseus. The myth of Danaé was the subject of many works of Renaissance art (Coreggio, Titian, Rembrandt, and others).