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danae
/ˈdænə.iː/
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What does danae mean?
proper noun
- The mother of Perseus by Zeus.
- 61 Danaë, a main belt asteroid.
- A female given name.
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Rochester, or sitting like a second Danae with the golden shower falling daily round me.
His town, as fame reports, was built of old By Danae, pregnant with almighty gold, Who fled her father’s rage, and, with a train Of following Argives, thro’ the stormy main, Driv’n by the southern blasts, was fated here to reign.
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Zeus, again, impregnated Danae in a shower of gold; and the child was Perseus, who slew the Gorgons (the powers of darkness) and saved Andromeda (the human soul (1)).