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Headword: *)akri/sios
Adler number: alpha,986
Translated headword: Akrisios, Acrisius
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
A proper name.[1] The man [who was a] demigod.[2]
Greek Original:
*)akri/sios: o)/noma ku/rion. o( h(mi/qeos a)nh/r.
Notes:
Father of Danae (delta 57, alpha 987), grandfather of Perseus; see already at alpha 984. Both Sophocles and Euripides wrote plays about him. Perseus Encyclopedia entry at web address 1.
[1] Likewise, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon.
[2] cf. generally eta 556.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: definition; mythology; religion; tragedy; women
Translated by: Oliver Phillips ✝ on 2 May 2000@23:12:51.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (added keyword; augmented note) on 14 February 2001@10:17:31.
David Whitehead on 1 August 2011@10:58:42.
Catharine Roth (augmented note) on 28 April 2012@01:07:06.
Catharine Roth (upgraded link) on 15 May 2015@01:35:58.
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords) on 15 May 2015@02:49:21.
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