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Dănăē , ēs, f., Δανάη,
I.daughter of Acrisius, and mother of Perseus by Zeus, who visited her in the form of a shower of gold, when she was shut up in a tower by her father, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 37; Hor. Od. 3, 16, 1 sq.; Serv. Verg. A. 7, 372; Hyg. Fab. 63; Lact. 1, 11, 18; Prop. 2, 20, 12 (3, 13, 12 M.); 2, 32, 59 (3, 30, 59 M.); Ov. Met. 4, 610; id. Tr. 2, 401; Verg. A. 7, 410 al.—Hence,
II. Dănăēĭus , a, um, adj., Δαναήϊος, pertaining to Danae, descended from Danae: “heros,” i. e. Perseus, Ov. M. 5, 1; “called also volucer Danaeius,Stat. Th. 10, 892; Persis (so named after Perses, the son of Perseus, and ancestor of the Persians), Ov. A. A. 1, 225.
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    • Vergil, Aeneid, 7.410
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 5.1
    • Statius, Thebias, 10
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