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Who was Perseus's mother?
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Danae
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Who was Perseus's father?
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Zeus
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How was Perseus's mother impregnated?
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She was locked in a bronze chamber by her father Akrisios, where Zeus then disguised himself as a golden shower.
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What did Akrisios do when he found out his daughter gave birth to a child?
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Akrisios put both mother and child in a chest and set them adrift in the sea, but Zeus caused the chest to land safely in the island of Seriphos, one of the Cyclades, where Dictys, a fisherman, found them, and carried them to his brother, king Polydectes.
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