# Danaë — Bulfinch’s Mythology character guide

> Danaë in Bulfinch’s Mythology by Thomas Bulfinch.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Jupiter, Jupiter and Danaë

**First appearance:** 0037-xv-the-graeae-or-gray-maids-perseus-medusa-atlas-andromeda

## Who they are

Mother of Perseus, imprisoned by her father but visited by Jupiter in a golden shower.

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