Dictys, a fisherman and brother of Seriphos' king, rescues Danae and her infant son, Perseus.

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According to Greek mythology, Danae and her son Perseus had been set adrift in the sea in a box by Perseus' grandfather, to whom an omen had foretold he would be killed by a son of Danae. The tide washed the box up on the shore of Seriphos, one of the Cyclades islands. Dictys, a fisherman and brother of Seriphos' king, rescued the pair, as pictured here in this illustration.

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Keywords: danae, demi-god, demigod, dictys, greek, hero, legend, legendary, man, myth, mythology, perseus, rescues, sea, seriphos, woman