ENG 201 Study Guide - Final Guide: Sea Monster, Acrisius, Serifos
Document Summary
Perseus great-grandfather abas had twin sons, proetus and acrisius, who quarrelled even before their birth. Acrisius became king of argos while proetus ruled tiryns. Acrisius only had one daughter, danae, and an oracle fortold that her son would kill him. Too keep her from having children, acrisius shut danae up in a brazen underground chamber in his palace, but zeus loved her and entered the chamber in the form of a shower of gold and lay with her. Their child was perseus, and danae kept him in the chamber for four years, unknown to. Acrisius, until he was discovered from the noise he made while playing. Acrisius refused to believe that zeus was the child"s father and put mother and child into a chest which he set afloat on the sea. The chest flowed to the island of seriphos. Polydectes was the king of seriphos, and he fell in love with danae, who refused him.
