Danaë

[ dan-uh-ee ]

/ ˈdæn əˌi /

a daughter of the king of Argos and mother, by Zeus disguised as a shower of gold, of Perseus.

OTHER WORDS FROM Danaë

Dan·a·än

[dan-ee-uh n] /ˈdæn i ən/, adjective

Let no Danaan think ill of me if I give place to Hector, for the hand of heaven is with him.

The Iliad |Homer
The Danaan folk welcomed him as he came among them, and asked him of his name and his business among them.

The High Deeds of Finn and other Bardic Romances of Ancient Ireland |T. W. Rolleston
Nor is it until they have been five times called Achans that he introduces the Danaan name at all.

Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age, Vol. 1 of 3 |W. E. Gladstone
For they looked that Midir should come with a great host of the Danaan folk to carry off the Queen.

The High Deeds of Finn and other Bardic Romances of Ancient Ireland |T. W. Rolleston

The Danaan name is with Homer a standing appellation of the Greeks.

Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age, Vol. 1 of 3 |W. E. Gladstone

Danaë

/ (ˈdæneɪˌiː) /

Greek myth the mother of Perseus by Zeus, who came to her in prison as a shower of gold