She was the daughter of Acrisius, the Argus king. He put her in a bronze tower, because according to a prophecy Danae's son would have killed his grandfather. Zeus fell in love with her, changing himself into golden rain. Perseus was born from their union. Acrisius then put his daughter and his grandson in a sealed boat and left them in the middle of the sea. The boat arrived in a island where a fisherman saved them. The island king wanted to marry Danae and he sent Perseus away. Perseus had to take Medusa's head. While he was away his mother was locked up in a temple without food so that she gave up. When Perseus came back, he changed the king and his court into stone statues.
