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- Danae – Mythopedia
Danae, daughter of Acrisius, was a princess of Argos who was imprisoned by her own father After Zeus seduced her as a shower of gold dust, she gave birth to the hero Perseus Acrisius locked Danae and her child in a chest and threw it into the sea, but they were ultimately rescued by a fisherman in Seriphos
- Perseus – Mythopedia
Perseus, son of Zeus and the Argive princess Danae, was a Greek hero and king connected with the Argolid Perseus’ numerous exploits included beheading Medusa, saving the princess Andromeda, and founding the city of Mycenae and the Perseid dynasty
- Danaids – Mythopedia
The Danaids were princesses of Argive descent, the fifty daughters of King Danaus Forced against their will to marry their cousins (the fifty sons of Aegyptus), they killed their new husbands on their wedding night
- Andromeda – Mythopedia
Andromeda, the daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia, was a beautiful princess of Ethiopia Offered up as a sacrifice to Poseidon as punishment for her mother’s foolish boasts, Andromeda was rescued from death by Perseus, who took her back to Greece to be his queen
- Medusa – Mythopedia
Medusa, one of the three monstrous Gorgons, was a snake-haired female who turned anybody who looked upon her to stone She was finally killed by the hero Perseus, who used her severed head as a weapon against his enemies
- Achilles – Mythopedia
Swift and fierce Achilles was one of the greatest warriors of Greek mythology During the Trojan War, he was instrumental in helping the Greeks retrieve Helen and decimate Troy
- Callisto – Mythopedia
Callisto was a princess or nymph from Arcadia and a companion of the goddess Artemis After being seduced by Zeus, she bore him a son named Arcas; but she was soon transformed into a bear by either Artemis, Hera, or Zeus In her new form, Callisto was either shot down by Artemis or made into a constellation
- Alcmene – Mythopedia
Alcmene was the daughter of Electryon, the king of Mycenae (or Tiryns) in the Argolid She gave birth to two sons: Heracles (by her lover Zeus) and Iphicles (by her husband Amphitryon) Alcmene was venerated as a heroine throughout ancient Greece
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