Danaë
Mortal woman
In Greek mythology, Danaë (, ; Ancient Greek: Δανάη, romanized: Danáē; Ancient Greek: [da.ná.ɛː], Modern: [ðaˈna.i]) 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.
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Mentions in the Iliad
A. T. Murray, Loeb Classical Library, Harvard University Press, 1924 · Homer, Iliad with an English Translation · CC BY-SA 3.0 US
“for never yet did desire for goddess or mortal woman so shed itself about me and overmaster the heart within my breast—nay, not when I was seized with love of the wife of Ixion, who bare Peirithous, the peer of the gods in counsel; nor of Danaë of the fair ankles, daughter of Acrisius,”
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Даная — возлюбленная Зевса: прямо подтверждено словами Зевса в Илиаде; связь не обозначена как супружество.
Homer, Iliad 14, trans. A. T. Murray (Theoi Classical Texts Library) · Iliad 14.319–320 ↗for never yet did desire for goddess or mortal woman so shed itself about me and overmaster the heart within my breast—nay, not when I was seized with love of the wife of Ixion, who bare Peirithous, the peer of the gods in counsel; nor of Danaë of the fair ankles, daughter of Acrisius,who bare Perseus, pre-eminent above all warriors; nor of the daughter of far-famed Phoenix, that bare me Minos and godlike Rhadamanthys; nor of Semele, nor of Alcmene in Thebes, and she brought forth Heracles, her son stout of heart,
Il. 14.319–320
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Происхождение выведено по цепочке родителей: Даная → Персей → Сфенел.
who bare Perseus, pre-eminent above all warriors; nor of the daughter of far-famed Phoenix, that bare me Minos and godlike Rhadamanthys; nor of Semele, nor of Alcmene in Thebes, and she brought forth Heracles, her son stout of heart,
And herself spake to Zeus, son of Cronos, to bear him word: ‘Father Zeus, lord of the bright lightning, a word will I speak for thy heeding. Lo, even now, is born a valiant man that shall be lord over the Argives, even Eurystheus, son of Sthenelus, the son of Perseus, of thine own lineage; not unmeet is it that he be lord over the Argives.’
Il. 14.320 · Il. 19.123
Great-grandson · Sources
Происхождение выведено по цепочке родителей: Даная → Персей → Сфенел → Еврисфей.
who bare Perseus, pre-eminent above all warriors; nor of the daughter of far-famed Phoenix, that bare me Minos and godlike Rhadamanthys; nor of Semele, nor of Alcmene in Thebes, and she brought forth Heracles, her son stout of heart,
And herself spake to Zeus, son of Cronos, to bear him word: ‘Father Zeus, lord of the bright lightning, a word will I speak for thy heeding. Lo, even now, is born a valiant man that shall be lord over the Argives, even Eurystheus, son of Sthenelus, the son of Perseus, of thine own lineage; not unmeet is it that he be lord over the Argives.’
Il. 14.320 · Il. 19.123
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In art
Zeus. Золотой дождь (Зевс). CC BY-SA 3.0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37739859
Кратер. Даная и золотой дождь. Department of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities of the Louvre. CC0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124260199
Danaë. Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q100268819
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Léon Comerre. Léon-François Comerre - La Pluie d'or - PPP461 - Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris. Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104446222
Jean-Baptiste Regnault. Danae. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107283425
Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre. Danae. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116790477
Danaë (after Correggio). Waddesdon Manor. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q118996852
Titian. Danaë. Apsley House. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124940185
Karl von Blaas. Нереиды. Donetsk Regional Museum of Art. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131340158
Antonio da Correggio. Danaë. Galleria Borghese. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1408753
Gustav Klimt. Даная. Leopold Museum. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1445107
Jacques Blanchard. Danaë. Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17176983
Annibale Carracci. Danaë. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17628493
Alexandre Jacques Chantron. Danaë. Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18809806
Carolus-Duran. Danaë. Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18818955
Benoît Le Coffre. En mytologisk figur. Danaë (?). Statens Museum for Kunst. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20276609
François Boucher. Danaë. Finnish National Gallery. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20781419
Hendrik Goltzius. The Sleeping Danae Being Prepared to Receive Jupiter. Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20881741
Anne-Louis Girodet. Portrait of Mlle. Lange as Danaë. Minneapolis Institute of Art. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20891091
John William Waterhouse. Danaë. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21191702
Orazio Gentileschi. Danaë. J. Paul Getty Museum. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22329907
Rembrandt. Даная. Hermitage Museum. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2294441
Alessandro Turchi. Danaë. Royal Collection. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28034553
David Teniers the Younger. Danaë or Aegina. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28379960
Orazio Gentileschi. Danaë. Cleveland Museum of Art. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29053312
Antonio Bellucci. Antonio Bellucci - Danae - 5237 - Bavarian State Painting Collections. Bavarian State Painting Collections. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29898913
Martin Knoller. Martin Knoller - Danae - 14910 - Bavarian State Painting Collections. Bavarian State Painting Collections. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29916872
Antonio Bellucci. Antonio Bellucci - Danae auf dem Floß - 914 - Bavarian State Painting Collections. Bavarian State Painting Collections. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30093643
Frans Floris (I). Frans Floris de Vriendt - Danae im Goldregen - 1812 - Bavarian State Painting Collections. Bavarian State Painting Collections. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30093644
Jacopo Tintoretto. Даная (картина Тинторетто). Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3013303
Artemisia Gentileschi. Даная. Saint Louis Art Museum. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3701418
Titian. Danaë. Hermitage Museum. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3701421
Titian. Danaë. Kunsthistorisches Museum. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3701422
Jan Gossaert. Даная. Bavarian State Painting Collections. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4892475
Timothy Collopy. Danaë. National Trust. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52260928
Franz Ludwig Raufft. Sketch for a ceiling painting in the Landgrave Castle or Orangerie in Kassel. Hessen Kassel Heritage. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55938707
Paolo de Matteis. Danaë. Detroit Institute of Arts. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q64547295
Anne-Louis Girodet. Danaë. Museum der bildenden Künste. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q93456839
Anthony van Dyck. Danaë. Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q93868538
Danaë with Cupid. Wallace Collection. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106472982
Andrea Casali. Danaë and the Golden Shower. Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110087329
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. Danae and Jupiter. Stockholm University. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11729455
Titian. Даная (картина Тициана, 1553—1554). Museo del Prado. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14425553
Titian. Даная (картина Тициана, 1545—1546). Museo di Capodimonte. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14425558
Andreas von Behn. Danae and the Golden Rain. Nationalmuseum. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18542551
Jonas Hoffman. Jupiter and Danae. Nationalmuseum. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18573291
Adolf Ulrik Wertmüller. Danaë and the Shower of Gold. Nationalmuseum. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18573910
Danaë and the Shower of Gold. Nationalmuseum. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18574271
François Boucher. Danaë and the Shower of Gold. Study. Nationalmuseum. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18601033
Joachim Wtewael. Jupiter and Danaë. Department of Paintings of the Louvre. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29654769
Emanuel de Witte. Danaë and the Shower of Gold. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q46262008
Henry Fuseli. Danaë and Perseus on Seriphos (?). Yale University Art Gallery. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49187924
Danaë and Cupid (after Titian). National Trust. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52231299
Anthony van Dyck. Danaë and the shower of gold. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q94577898
Ulli 2mecs. Große Danae (Gustav Seitz 1967-68). собрание не указано. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AGro%C3%9Fe_Danae_%28Gustav_Seitz_1967-68%29.jpg
Image author: Ulli 2mecs
Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology. Орбита астероида 61 (наклон). собрание не указано. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3A%D0%9E%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B0_61_%28%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BD%29.png
Image author: Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology
Franciscus de Retza. Franciscus de Retza. Danae in Tower. собрание не указано. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AFranciscus_de_Retza._Danae_in_Tower.jpg
Image author: Franciscus de Retza
Image date: between 1487 and 1488
Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology. Орбита астероида 61. собрание не указано. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3A%D0%9E%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B0_61.png
Image author: Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology
Till F. Teenck. Parc del Laberint d'Horta Barcelona 5. собрание не указано. CC BY-SA 2.5. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AParc_del_Laberint_d%27Horta_Barcelona_5.jpg
Image author: Till F. Teenck
Image date: 2007-03-15
Canaan. Dànae Horta. собрание не указано. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AD%C3%A0nae_Horta.jpg
Image author: Canaan
Image date: 2013-06-27 12:21:19
Nathaniel Hawthorne Arthur Rackham. Wonder Book-1-029. собрание не указано. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AWonder_Book-1-029.jpg
Image author: Nathaniel Hawthorne Arthur Rackham
Image date: 1922
Annibale Carracci. Female Nude (Danaë). собрание не указано. CC0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AFemale_Nude_%28Dana%C3%AB%29_MET_SF-1975-1-315.jpg
Image author: Annibale Carracci
Image date: late 17th century
sito.rm. Estatua altar "Parc del Laberint" - panoramio. собрание не указано. CC BY-SA 3.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AEstatua_altar_%22Parc_del_Laberint%22_-_panoramio.jpg
Image author: sito.rm
Image date: 24 March 2009 (original upload date)
Till F. Teenck. Parc del Laberint d'Horta Barcelona 6. собрание не указано. CC BY-SA 2.5. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AParc_del_Laberint_d%27Horta_Barcelona_6.jpg
Image author: Till F. Teenck
Image date: 2007-03-15
Canaan. Laberint d'Horta - Templet. собрание не указано. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ALaberint_d%27Horta_-_Templet.jpg
Image author: Canaan
Image date: 2017-08-05 11:42:05
![[Reclining Female Nude as Danae]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/-Reclining_Female_Nude_as_Danae-_MET_DP700142.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=original)
Bruno Braquehais. [Reclining Female Nude as Danae]. собрание не указано. CC0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3A-Reclining_Female_Nude_as_Danae-_MET_DP700142.jpg
Image author: Bruno Braquehais
Image date: 1850s
Marcel·lí Gausachs i Gausachs. Templets al Laberint d'Horta. собрание не указано. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ATemplets_al_Laberint_d%27Horta.jpg
Image author: Marcel·lí Gausachs i Gausachs
Image date: Entre 1920 i 1930
Carles Fargas. Templets de Dànae i Ariadna als jardins del Laberint d'Horta. собрание не указано. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ATemplets_de_D%C3%A0nae_i_Ariadna_als_jardins_del_Laberint_d%27Horta_%28AFCEC_FARGAS_X_01287%29.jpeg
Image author: Carles Fargas
Image date: circa 1917
François Boucher. Danae Receiving the Golden Shower. собрание не указано. CC0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AFran%C3%A7ois_Boucher%2C_Danae_Receiving_the_Golden_Shower%2C_1757%2C_NGA_47090.jpg
Image author: François Boucher
Image date: 1757
неизвестный мастер. 61 Danae. собрание не указано. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3A61_Danae.gif
Carles Fargas. Templets de Dànae i Ariadna als jardins del Laberint d'Horta. собрание не указано. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ATemplets_de_D%C3%A0nae_i_Ariadna_als_jardins_del_Laberint_d%27Horta.jpeg
Image author: Carles Fargas
Image date: circa 1917
Maître François. Ganymede-kissed. собрание не указано. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AGanymede-kissed.png
Image author: Maître François
Image date: 1475
Arthur Rackham. Danae & Perseus, Arthur Rackham, 1903. собрание не указано. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ADanae_%26_Perseus%2C_Arthur_Rackham%2C_1903.png
Image author: Arthur Rackham
Image date: 1903-12-31
Pompeo Leoni. Danae and the Shower of Gold. собрание не указано. CC0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ADanae_and_the_Shower_of_Gold_MET_108979.jpg
Image author: Pompeo Leoni
Image date: circa 1550
Enric. 19 Parc del Laberint d'Horta, templet de Dànae, interior de la cúpula. собрание не указано. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3A19_Parc_del_Laberint_d%27Horta%2C_templet_de_D%C3%A0nae%2C_interior_de_la_c%C3%BApula.jpg
Image author: Enric
Image date: 2015-06-28 18:14:31
Enric. 10 Parc del Laberint d'Horta, terrassa del mirador i templet de Dànae. собрание не указано. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3A10_Parc_del_Laberint_d%27Horta%2C_terrassa_del_mirador_i_templet_de_D%C3%A0nae.jpg
Image author: Enric
Image date: 2015-06-28 18:07:44
Philippe Trière / After Antonio da Correggio. Philippe Trière after Caorreggio Jupiter et Danae. собрание не указано. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3APhilippe_Tri%C3%A8re_after_Caorreggio_Jupiter_et_Danae.jpg
Image author: Philippe Trière / After Antonio da Correggio
Image date: 18th century
Unknown artist Unknown artist. Drawing, Deeds of Jupiter, for a Ceiling, 1812. собрание не указано. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ADrawing%2C_Deeds_of_Jupiter%2C_for_a_Ceiling%2C_1812_%28CH_18122943%29.jpg
Image author: Unknown artistUnknown artist
Image date: 1812
Enric. 067 Temple de Dànae, parc del Laberint (Barcelona). собрание не указано. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3A067_Temple_de_D%C3%A0nae%2C_parc_del_Laberint_%28Barcelona%29.jpg
Image author: Enric
Image date: 2009-08-30 16:39:45
Enric. 16 Parc del Laberint d'Horta, templet de Dànae. собрание не указано. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3A16_Parc_del_Laberint_d%27Horta%2C_templet_de_D%C3%A0nae.jpg
Image author: Enric
Image date: 2015-06-28 18:12:56
Enric. 070 Estàtua del temple de Dànae, parc del Laberint (Barcelona). собрание не указано. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3A070_Est%C3%A0tua_del_temple_de_D%C3%A0nae%2C_parc_del_Laberint_%28Barcelona%29.jpg
Image author: Enric
Image date: 2009-08-30 16:42:19
Enric. 066 Temple de Dànae, parc del Laberint (Barcelona). собрание не указано. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3A066_Temple_de_D%C3%A0nae%2C_parc_del_Laberint_%28Barcelona%29.jpg
Image author: Enric
Image date: 2009-08-30 16:38:59
Internet Archive Book Images. Aedes Althorpianae; or, Account of the mansion, books, and pictures, at Althorp; the residence of George John, earl Spencer, K.G. To which is added a supplement to the Bibliotheca Spenceriana (1822) (14592045550). собрание не указано. No restrictions. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AAedes_Althorpianae%3B_or%2C_Account_of_the_mansion%2C_books%2C_and_pictures%2C_at_Althorp%3B_the_residence_of_George_John%2C_earl_Spencer%2C_K.G._To_which_is_added_a_supplement_to_the_Bibliotheca_Spenceriana_%281822%29_%2814592045550%29.jpg
Image author: Internet Archive Book Images
Image date: 1822
Enric. 065 Temple de Dànae, parc del Laberint (Barcelona). собрание не указано. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3A065_Temple_de_D%C3%A0nae%2C_parc_del_Laberint_%28Barcelona%29.jpg
Image author: Enric
Image date: 2009-08-30 16:38:39
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. Ingres - MI.867.3678, Danaë. собрание не указано. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AIngres_-_MI.867.3678%2C_Dana%C3%AB.jpg
Image author: Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Leonaert Bramer. Danaë and the golden rain. собрание не указано. PDM-owner. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ADana%C3%AB_and_the_golden_rain_%28SM_13444vz%29.png
Image author: Leonaert Bramer
Image date: Unknown date
Walter Crane. For two days and two nights the boat was and hither and thither. собрание не указано. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AFor_two_days_and_two_nights_the_boat_was_and_hither_and_thither.jpg
Image author: Walter Crane
Image date: Not mentioned
Enric. 096 Temple de Dànae, parc del Laberint (Barcelona). собрание не указано. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3A096_Temple_de_D%C3%A0nae%2C_parc_del_Laberint_%28Barcelona%29.jpg
Image author: Enric
Image date: 2009-08-30 17:26:53
Fab5669. Chilleurs-aux-Bois - château de Chamerolles, promenade des parfums 86. собрание не указано. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AChilleurs-aux-Bois_-_ch%C3%A2teau_de_Chamerolles%2C_promenade_des_parfums_86.jpg
Image author: Fab5669
Image date: 2021-05-30 11:33:28
Enric. 15 Parc del Laberint d'Horta, templet de Dànae. собрание не указано. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3A15_Parc_del_Laberint_d%27Horta%2C_templet_de_D%C3%A0nae.jpg
Image author: Enric
Image date: 2015-06-28 18:12:43
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Sources and verification
The character is matched to the catalogue.
- Wikipedia · Danaë · CC BY-SA 4.0
Excerpt; remaining sentences omitted.
Reference material remains distinct from the poem’s assertions. Characters who share a name retain separate pages.