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- mother of Perseus
- Sometimes conflated with
- 👤 Alcmene
- Daughter of
- 👤 Acrisios 👤 Eurydice (Spartan & Argive)
- Mother of
- 👤 Perseus (Argive)
- Has children with
- 👤 Proitos (Argive) 👤 Zeus
- Born at
- 🌍 Argos (city)
- Dwelling
- 🏛️ the Bronze Chamber of Danae (Argos)
- Depictions
- 🏺 the Tapestry of Arachne 🖌️ Wall paintings from Casa del banchiere, Pompeii (Naples 115396; LIMC Ariadne 66; P-LOD r5-i1-p26-space-o)🖌️ Wall paintings from Casa della Regina Margherita, Pompeii (LIMC Amymone 27; P-LOD r5-i2-p1-space-p)
- Related Entities
- 🌍 Argos (city) 🌍 Larissa (Thessaly) 🌍 Seriphos (island) 🏛️ the Bronze Chamber of Danae (Argos) 🏺 the Chest of Danae 🏺 the Head of Medousa 🏺 the Tapestry of Arachne 👤 Acrisios 👤 Adrastos (Argive I) 👤 Alcmene 👤 Amphiaraos 👤 Amphitryon 👤 Antiope (Theban) 👤 Athena 👤 Dictys (Seriphean) 👤 Diomedes (Argive) 👤 Doris (Nereid) 👤 Epaphos (s. of Io) 👤 Eros 👤 Europe (Phoinician & Cretan) 👤 Eurydice (Spartan & Argive) 👤 Ganymedes (s. of Tros) 👤 Hermes 👤 Hippodameia (Elian) 👤 Hypermnestra (Danaid) 👤 Leda 👤 Lynceus (Aigyptid) 👤 Perseus (Argive) 👤 Polydectes (Seriphian) 👤 Proitos (Argive) 👤 Teutamides 👤 Thetis 👤 Zeus 👥 the Nereids 👥 the Pelasgians
- Appears in
- 📜 Apollodoros, Library 2.2.2📜 Apollodoros, Library 2.4.1📜 Apollodoros, Library 2.4.2📜 Apollodoros, Library 2.4.3📜 Apollodoros, Library 2.4.4📜 D-Scholia, Iliad 14.319📜 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 77 Most📜 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 79 Most📜 Hesiod, Shield of Heracles 216-237📜 Hesiod fr. 241 Most📜 Homer, Iliad 14.312-14.328📜 Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 4.2 MacLeod📜 Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 6.1 MacLeod📜 Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 8.2 MacLeod📜 Lucian, Dialogues of the Sea-Gods 12.1-12.2 MacLeod📜 Lucian, Dialogues of the Sea-Gods 14.1-14.4 MacLeod📜 Lucian, Menippus, or the Descent into Hades 2📜 Lucian, Parliament of the Gods 7📜 Lucian, The Dance 44📜 Ovid, Amores 2.19📜 Ovid, Amores 3.12📜 Ovid, Amores 3.4📜 Ovid, Amores 3.6📜 Ovid, Amores 3.8📜 Ovid, Ibis 463-464📜 Ovid, Metamorphoses 6.104-6.128📜 Pausanias 10.5.11-10.5.12📜 Pausanias 2.23.7📜 Pindar, Isthmian 7 1-19📜 Pindar, Nemean 10 1-18📜 Pindar, Pythian 10 27-50📜 Pindar, Pythian 12 1-32📜 Pindar fr. 70d Snell-Maehler📜 Strabo 10.5.10
- Mentioned in Text
- Apollodoros, LibraryD-Scholia, IliadHesiod, EhoiaiHesiod, Shield of HeraclesHesiodHomer, IliadLucian, Dialogues of the GodsLucian, Dialogues of the Sea-GodsLucian, Menippus, or the Descent into HadesLucian, Parliament of the GodsLucian, The DanceOvid, AmoresOvid, IbisOvid, MetamorphosesPausaniasPindar, Isthmian 7Pindar, Nemean 10Pindar, Pythian 10Pindar, Pythian 12PindarStrabo