perseus siblings Archives - ToursMaps.com ® http://toursmaps.com/tag/perseus-siblings Sat, 21 Oct 2017 19:09:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.9 Perseus, Prince of Argos http://toursmaps.com/perseus-prince-of-argos.html http://toursmaps.com/perseus-prince-of-argos.html#respond Wed, 13 Dec 2017 22:32:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=245780 Lynceus and Hypermnestra’s grandson also feared death at a family member’s hands. Acrisius, king of Argos, received notice from the Delphic oracle that his daughter’s son would kill him His only daughter Danae was childless, so, to prevent her conceiving, Acrisius imprisoned her in a bronze-walled cell with just one window. This window was the king’s undoing. Through it Zeus glimpsed Danae and poured into the prison as a shower of golden rain, whose heavenly moisture impregnated her. Her resultant son was Perseus. Refusing to believe Danae, but reluctant to kill her, Acrisius locked her and her baby in a

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