Dănăē, ēs, f., Δανάη,
I daughter of Acrisius, and mother of Perseus by Zeus , who visited her in the form of a shower of gold, when she was shut up in a tower by her father, Ter. Eun. 585; Hor. Od. 3, 16, 1 sq.; Serv. Verg. A. 7, 372; Hyg. Fab. 63; Lact. 1, 11, 18; Prop. 2, 20, 12 (3, 13, 12 M.); 2, 32, 59 (3, 30, 59 M.); Ov. M. 4, 610; id. Tr. 2, 401; Verg. A. 7, 410 al.—Hence,
II Dănăēĭus , a, um, adj., Δαναήϊος, pertaining to Danae, descended from Danae : heros, i. e. Perseus , Ov. M. 5, 1; called also volucer Danaeius, Stat. Th. 10, 892; Persis (so named after Perses, the son of Perseus, and ancestor of the Persians), Ov. A. A. 1, 225.