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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).

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