LITERATURE QUESTIONS
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she was too beautiful
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her child would be a girl
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her spouse had died
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her son was to kill the king
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Detailed explanation-1: -Danae is the mother of Perseus. She was locked away by her father, King Acrisius, and eventually sent to the sea in a chest with her son, Perseus, by her father due to a prophecy that stated that a son of Danae would usurp her father’s power.
Detailed explanation-2: -Wanting to avoid death, Acrisius imprisoned Danae to prevent her from ever having a child. However, Zeus, the king of the gods and goddesses, learned of Danae’s fate. Zeus came to Danae in prison in the form of a shower of gold. This caused Danae to become pregnant with Perseus.
Detailed explanation-3: -Danae in Greek mythology, the daughter of Acrisius, king of Argos. An oracle foretold that she would bear a son who would kill her father, and in an attempt to evade this, Acrisius imprisoned her.
Detailed explanation-4: -Perseus’ grandfather, Acrisius had received word from the Delphic oracle that the child of his daughter, DANAE, would grow up to kill him. To prevent her from having a child, he imprisoned Danae in a tower of bronze with doors of oak always guarded by dogs.
Detailed explanation-5: -Danae was a Greek princess who was imprisoned by her father, Acrisius, to prevent the fulfillment of a prophecy that she would give birth to a son who would kill him. However, because of divine intervention by the god Zeus, who visited Danae in her prison, Acrisius’s actions were in vain.