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Acrisius

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Acrisius (əkrĭs`ēəs): see Danaë Danaë (dăn`āē), in Greek legend, daughter of Acrisius.
..... Click the link for more information.  and Perseus Perseus (pûr`sēəs, –s
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4: Acrisius was king of Argos and Proetus of Tiryns.
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Never yet have I been so overpowered by passion neither for goddess nor mortal woman as I am at this moment for yourself--not even when I was in love with the wife of Ixion who bore me Pirithous, peer of gods in counsel, nor yet with Danae the daintily-ancled daughter of Acrisius, who bore me the famed hero Perseus.
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