Danaë
Mortal woman
In Greek mythology, Danaë (, ; Ancient Greek: Δανάη, romanized: Danáē; Ancient Greek: [da.ná.ɛː], Modern: [ðaˈna.i]) was an Argive princess and mother of the hero Perseus by Zeus. She was credited with founding the city of Ardea in Latium during the Bronze Age.
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Mentions in the Iliad
A. T. Murray, Loeb Classical Library, Harvard University Press, 1924 · Homer, Iliad with an English Translation · CC BY-SA 3.0 US
“for never yet did desire for goddess or mortal woman so shed itself about me and overmaster the heart within my breast—nay, not when I was seized with love of the wife of Ixion, who bare Peirithous, the peer of the gods in counsel; nor of Danaë of the fair ankles, daughter of Acrisius,”
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Даная — возлюбленная Зевса: прямо подтверждено словами Зевса в Илиаде; связь не обозначена как супружество.
Homer, Iliad 14, trans. A. T. Murray (Theoi Classical Texts Library) · Iliad 14.319–320for never yet did desire for goddess or mortal woman so shed itself about me and overmaster the heart within my breast—nay, not when I was seized with love of the wife of Ixion, who bare Peirithous, the peer of the gods in counsel; nor of Danaë of the fair ankles, daughter of Acrisius,who bare Perseus, pre-eminent above all warriors; nor of the daughter of far-famed Phoenix, that bare me Minos and godlike Rhadamanthys; nor of Semele, nor of Alcmene in Thebes, and she brought forth Heracles, her son stout of heart,
Il. 14.319–320
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who bare Perseus, pre-eminent above all warriors; nor of the daughter of far-famed Phoenix, that bare me Minos and godlike Rhadamanthys; nor of Semele, nor of Alcmene in Thebes, and she brought forth Heracles, her son stout of heart,
Il. 14.320
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In art
Кратер. Даная и золотой дождь. Department of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities of the Louvre. CC0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124260199
Кратер. Даная и золотой дождь. Department of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities of the Louvre. CC0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124260199
Danaë. Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q100268819
Danaë. Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q100268819
Léon Comerre. Léon-François Comerre - La Pluie d'or - PPP461 - Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris. Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104446222
Léon Comerre. Léon-François Comerre - La Pluie d'or - PPP461 - Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris. Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104446222
Jean-Baptiste Regnault. Danae. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107283425
Jean-Baptiste Regnault. Danae. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107283425
Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre. Danae. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116790477
Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre. Danae. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116790477
Danaë (after Correggio). Waddesdon Manor. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q118996852
Danaë (after Correggio). Waddesdon Manor. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q118996852
Titian. Danaë. Apsley House. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124940185
Titian. Danaë. Apsley House. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124940185
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Sources and verification
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- Wikipedia · Danaë · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Reference material remains distinct from the poem’s assertions. Characters who share a name retain separate pages.