Dănăē

Dănăē, in Greek myth, daughter of Acrisius king of Argos (brother of Proetus). An oracle foretold that Acrisius would be killed by his daughter's son, and he therefore confined Danae in a bronze tower, so that no man might approach her. But Zeus descended on her in a shower of gold, and she bore a son Perseus. Acrisius placed Danae and the child in a chest and cast them adrift in the sea (for a Greek lyric poem on the subject see SIMONIDES), but they landed on the island of Serīphos, where they were sheltered by Dictys, brother of Polydectēs, the king of the island. See also PERSEUS.