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5 Cards in this Set
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Danae |
The only child/daughter of King Acrisius, she was beautiful above all the women of the land but this was a small comfort to the king for not having a son |
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King Acrsius |
Journeyed to Delphi to ask the god if there was any hope that someday he would be the father of a boy, the priestess told him no and added what was far worse: that his daughter would have a son who would kill him |
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King Acrisius |
The only way to escape his fate of being killed by his grandson is to have his daughter put to death which doesn’t and instead locks her in a house built of bronze and.underground |
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Zeus |
Appeared to Danae as a shower of gold and gave Danae a child, he was father of Danae’s child |
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Perseus |
The son of Zeus and Danae who kept his birth secret, when father found out was angry, couldn’t kill them bc Gods DONT like those who kill innocent beings, so he put them in a great chest which was taken out to sea and put in the water |
