- of Pisa in Elis.
Acrisius and
Proetus were said to have
quarrelled even in the womb of
their mother and when Abas died and
Acrisius had
grown up, he expelled...
-
failed to do so. King
Acrisius of
Argos had only one child, a
daughter named Danaë.
Disappointed by not
having a male heir,
Acrisius consulted the Oracle...
-
Latium during the
Bronze Age.
Danae was the
daughter and only
child of King
Acrisius of
Argos by his wife
Queen Eurydice or Aganippe. In some accounts, she...
- King
Acrisius/Calibos A
mortal king who led a
revolt against the gods. As punishment, Zeus
impregnated Acrisius' wife,
Queen Danae, and
turned Acrisius into...
- of
Sparta and thus
sister to Amyclas.
Later on,
Eurydice married King
Acrisius of
Argos and
became the
mother of Danaë who
begot the
celebrated hero ****us...
-
April 2, 2010. King
Acrisius of
Argos imprisons his
daughter Danaë,
jealous of her beauty. When the god Zeus
impregnates Danaë,
Acrisius banishes her and...
- his wife
Ocalea (or Aglaea,
depending on the source), he had twin sons
Acrisius (grandfather of ****us) and Proetus, and one daughter, Idomene. According...
-
symbol of
divine love, and transcendence.
While imprisoned by her
father Acrisius, King of Argos, in a
tower of bronze, Danaë was
visited by Zeus, symbolized...
-
seduced Acrisius'
daughter (and his own niece) Danae.
Proetus started out as king of Argos, and held the
throne for
about seventeen years, but
Acrisius defeated...
- of Zeus and
Danae and the
grandson of
Acrisius.
Acrisius is the
father of Danae. The myth
begins with
Acrisius receiving the
prophecy that his own grandson...
