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 Dan’ace (3 syl.).Dana’ides (4 syl.). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Dan’aë.
 
An Argive princess whom Zeus (Jupiter) seduced under the form of a shower of gold, while she was confined in an inaccessible tower. She thus became the mother of Perseus (2 syl.).   1
 


 Dan’ace (3 syl.).Dana’ides (4 syl.). 

 
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