After zeus seduced her as a shower of gold dust, she gave birth to the hero perseus Acrisius locked danae and her child in a chest and threw it into the sea, but they were ultimately rescued by a fisherman in seriphos. Perseus, son of zeus and the argive princess danae, was a greek hero and king connected with the argolid Perseus’ numerous exploits included beheading medusa, saving the princess andromeda, and founding the city of mycenae and the perseid dynasty. She was finally killed by the hero perseus, who used her severed head as a weapon against his enemies. Andromeda, the daughter of cepheus and cassiopeia, was a beautiful princess of ethiopia
Offered up as a sacrifice to poseidon as punishment for her mother’s foolish boasts, andromeda was rescued from death by perseus, who took her back to greece to be his queen. The danaids were princesses of argive descent, the fifty daughters of king danaus Forced against their will to marry their cousins (the fifty sons of aegyptus), they killed their new husbands on their wedding night. Zeus was the powerful but flawed king of the greek pantheon and the supreme god of the greeks He ruled over men and gods alike from his throne on mount olympus. Swift and fierce achilles was one of the greatest warriors of greek mythology
Cassandra, daughter of priam and hecuba, was a beautiful princess of troy Cassandra was a seer and repeatedly warned the trojans of their impending doom, but apollo cursed her so that her prophecies were never believed. Alcmene was the daughter of electryon, the king of mycenae (or tiryns) in the argolid She gave birth to two sons Heracles (by her lover zeus) and iphicles (by her husband amphitryon) Alcmene was venerated as a heroine throughout ancient greece.
Perseus himself, the son of danae, was at full stretch, like one who hurries and shudders with horror And after him rushed the gorgons, unapproachable and unspeakable, longing to seize him As they trod upon the pale adamant, the shield rang sharp and clear with a loud clanging.
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