Polydectes
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In Greek mythology, King Polydectes is a king of the island of Seriphos in the Cyclades. Polydectes was the ruler of the island when the Argive princess Danaë and her infant son Perseus washed ashore,
Illustration from the book The Story of Perseus and the Gorgon's Head.
Polydectes Turned Into Stone by Perseus
Pygmalion
Apollo and Daphne
Danaë
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In Greek mythology, Danaë was an Argive princess and mother of the hero Perseus by Zeus. She was credited with founding the city of Ardea in Latium during the Bronze Age.
Polydectes
…Poludéktēs, lit. 'receiver of many') is a king of the island of Seriphos in the Cyclades. Polydectes was the ruler of the island when the Argive princess Danaë and her infant son Perseus washed ashore, having been cast away into the sea by Danaë's father Acrisius, who was afraid that his daughter's son would…
Ancient Boeotian bell-krater showing Zeus impregnating Danaë in the form of a shower of gold, circa 450–425 BC.
Eros pouring golden rain on Danaë, antique fresco in Pompeii
Jan Gossaert, 1527
Correggio's Danaë, 1531–1532.