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In Greek mythology, Acrisius was a son of Abas and the twin brother of Proteus with whom he quarrelled even in the womb. He was the father of Danae. When Abas died, Acrisius expelled Proteus from his inheritance, but Proteus returned supported by Iobates and Acrisius was compelled to give him Tiryns while he kept Argos.
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In Greek mythology, Danae was daughter of Acrisius, king of Argos. He shut her up in a bronze tower because of a prophecy that her son would kill his grandfather - thinking that held prisoner she might never receive a lover, and never bear a child. Zeus became enamoured of her and descended in a shower of gold. As a result of her union with Zeus she gave birth to the hero Perseus.
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In Greek mythology, Perseus was son of Zeus by Danae, and was raised at the court of king Polydectes, at whose request he killed Medusa. Perseus found Medusa asleep and cut her head off. He married Andromeda, and upon his return used Medusa's head to turn Polydectes and his followers to stone, before presenting Medusa's head to Athene who had helped him in his quest to kill Medusa. While visiting Argos, Perseus accidentally killed Argos' mother. Perseus later became king of Tiryns and founded the dynasty of Perseidae.
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Danae is a cultivated variety of potato.
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HMS Danae was a British D Class cruiser of 4850 tons displacement launched in 1918 that saw action during the Second World War. HMS Danae was armed with six 6-inch 50 calibre guns; three 4-inch anti-aircraft guns; four 3-pounder guns; 12 smaller guns twelve 21-inch torpedo tubes arranged in four triple deck mountings. HMS Danae was powered by six Yarrow small tube oil boilers providing a top speed of 29 knots and carried a complement of 450.
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The Danae was a French Normand-Fenaux type Sirene Class submarine of 576 tons displacement surfaced launched in 1927. The Danae was powered by two sets of 4-cycle Vickers-Normand diesel engines providing a top speed of 14 knots surfaced and electric motors providing a top speed of 7.5 knots submerged and a range of 3200 km at 10 knots on the surface, and carried a complement of 40. She could dive to a depth of 45 fathoms. Armaments consisted of one 3-inch anti-aircraft gun; two machine-guns and seven 21.7 inch torpedo tubes.
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HMS Danae was a British Leander Class frigate of 2500 tons displacement built by the HM Dockyard at Devonport and launched in 1965. She was armed with four Aerospatiale Exocet MM38 surface-to-surface missiles; three quad Seacat missile launchers; two 40 mm anti-aircraft guns and six 324 mm Mk 32 torpedo tubes arranged in two triples . She carried a Wasp helicopter and carried a complement of 223. In 1982 she sailed to the Falkland Islands as an escort to HMS Illustrious, during the Falklands War. In 1991 she was transferred to Ecuador and renamed Moran Verde.
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The D Class or Danae Class was a class of British cruisers of 4850 tons displacement ordered under the Great War Emergency War Programme as developments of the Ceres Class, but lengthened by about six metres to accommodate an additional 6-inch gun between the foremast and the first funnel and to carry triple torpedo tubes. Twelve ships were ordered in the D Class, but four (Daedalus, Daring, Desperate and Dryad) were subsequently cancelled.
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