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DANAË

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Greek Mythology

Other Scripts: Δαναη (Ancient Greek)

From Δαναοι (Danaoi), a word used by Homer to designate the Greeks. In Greek myth Danaë was a princess of Argos and the mother of Perseus by Zeus, who came to her in the form of a shower of gold.
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