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Acrisius
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thumb|Illustration of an Attic red-figure calyx-krater; Acrisius puts Danaë and [[Perseus into the chest.]]
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Family
- Mythology
- Rivalry of twins
- Death
- Founder of Delphic amphictyony
- Argive genealogy chart
- Notes
- References
thumb|Illustration of an Attic red-figure calyx-krater; Acrisius puts Danaë and [[Perseus into the chest.]]
In Greek mythology, Acrisius (; ) was a king of Argos. He was the grandfather of the famous Greek demi-god Perseus through his only daughter Danaë.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Acrisius” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.