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Danaë

daughter of Acrisius of Argos and Queen Eurydice, mother of Perseus, in Greek mythology
Person Mythological Greek Character Q190582
Danaë
Gustav Klimt · Public Domain · Wikimedia

Facts

10 properties
Instance of
mythological Greek character
Sex or gender
female[6]
Father
Acrisius[1]
Mother
Eurydice of Argos[2]
Spouse
Daunus[3]
Child
Perseus, Daunus[4][5]
Work location
Ancient Greece[8]
Depicted by
Danaë and the Golden Shower[9]
Described by source
Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 3, Pauly–Wissowa[10][11][12][13][14][15]
Unmarried partner
Zeus[7]
🏷️ Also known as
en Danaë ar داناي cs Danaé de Abantias el Δανάη es Dánae fa دانائه fi Danae fi Danaë fr Danae he דנאה ja ダナエー ko 다나에 pt Danaë pt Dánae pt Dânae ru Даная sv Danae zh 达那厄 zh 达那埃
🔖 Identifiers · 45
VIAF cluster ID
225148752037.6B (206.5M–225148752037.6B, n=3)
GND ID
11943542X
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
150828099
Biblissima authority ID
Wikidata item
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp00555719
Comic Vine ID
4005-4209
Cultureel Woordenboek ID
mythologie/danae
DDB person (GND) ID
11943542X
De Agostini ID
Dànae
Digital LIMC ID
_12zmA0=TNe_UOploPEGfAw
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/Danae-Greek-mythology
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
danaos
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FES digital collections entity ID
393435
FactGrid item ID
Scebatiana
Freebase ID
/m/0l9kx
Getty Iconography Authority ID
901001272
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
danae
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0021392
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Danaë
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
1939763
HAND ID
0FD8-45A4-7C42-5D3C-03AB
Hederich encyclopedia article
Danaë
Hrvatska enciklopedija ID
13828
IMDb ID
ch0147239
IdRef ID
185951139
Korrespondenzen der Frühromantik person ID
11572
Krugosvet article (archived)
kultura_i_obrazovanie/religiya/DANAYA.html
MANTO ID
8188137
Museum-digital person/organization ID
25137
Mythoskop ID
w653
Myths on Maps ID
DANA4
NE.se ID
danae
NL CR AUT ID
jo2017956185
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810554167005606
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3890515
Oxford Classical Dictionary ID
2018
PACTOLS thesaurus ID
pcrtrPNM3U83F1
Rodovid ID
154282
SVKKL authority ID
0374894-Danae
Sandrart.net person ID
733
Theoi Project ID
Heroine/Danae
Topic's main category
Category:Danae
ToposText person ID
416
Trismegistos god ID
1888
Vikidia article ID
fr:Danaé

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🔗 Connections
← Depicts 13
Danaë, Danaë, Danaë, Danaë, Danae, Danaë, Danae, Danaë +5 more
Described by source 4
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Pauly–Wissowa, The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Named after 3
61 Danaë, Danaë, Danae
Parent of 2
Acrisius, Eurydice of Argos
← Main subject 2
Danae, Danaë
Child 1
Perseus
Children (maternal) 1
Perseus
Father 1
Acrisius
Mother 1
Eurydice of Argos
Sex or gender 1
female
Spouses 1
Pilumnus
Topic's main category 1
Category:Danae
Unmarried partner 1
Zeus
Work location 1
Ancient Greece
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Danae
← Intended public 1
shower of gold
← Unmarried partner 1
Zeus
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Works and Contributions

Things named for Danaë include she[16], a painting series[17]; 61 she[18], an asteroid[19]; and Danae[20], a monotypic taxon[21].

Why It Matters

Entities named for Danaë include she[16], a painting series[17]; 61 she[18], an asteroid[19]; and Danae[20], a monotypic taxon[21].

FAQs

Who were Danaë's parents?

Danaë's father was Acrisius[1]. Danaë's mother was Eurydice of Argos[2].

Who was Danaë married to?

Danaë's spouses include Daunus[3].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . Perseus. wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5d ago · Olaf Simons · 2026-11-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    FactGrid item ID → Scebatiana
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #64987"
  2. 13w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    HAND ID → 0FD8-45A4-7C42-5D3C-03AB
    "Created claim: HAND ID: 0FD8-45A4-7C42-5D3C-03AB, batch #265669"
  3. 15w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority ID → Wikidata item
    "Created claim: Biblissima authority ID: Q296093, Import ID Biblissima V3 (details)"
  4. 20w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    FES digital collections entity ID → 393435
    "Created claim: FES digital collections entity ID: 393435, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782398664614"
  5. 22w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Danae
    Sex or gender → female
    SVKKL authority ID → 0374894-Danae
    Child → Perseus, Daunus
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: SVKKL authority ID: 0374894-Danae, batch #259494"
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