DANAË

dănˈāē, in Greek legend, daughter of Acrisius. When it was prophesied that Danaë's son would kill Acrisius, her father imprisoned her in a bronze tower. However, Zeus came to her in the form of a shower of gold, and she bore him a son, Perseus. Acrisius put Danaë and Perseus into a chest and threw them into the sea, but they floated safely to land and the prophecy was eventually fulfilled.

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books on: DanaE  - 970 results

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Operas in German: A Dictionary
Book by Margaret Ross Griffel; Greenwood Press, 1990
Subjects: Opera--Dictionaries
...a portrait of Polluxs beautiful daughter, Danae, to various prospective husbands. They succeed...everything to gold. Attempting to win over Danae for himself, Jupiter appears to the lovely Danae in the guise of Midas. On the wedding night...
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Who's Who in Opera: A Guide to Opera Characters
Book by Joyce Bourne, Michael Kennedy; Oxford University Press, 1999
Subjects: Operas--Characters--Dictionaries
...nephews, to find a rich husband for his daughter Danae, and King Midas is interested. Danae discusses with her maid Xanthe how her suitor...in fact, Chrysopher is Midas in disguise. Danae is attracted to Chrysopher, and he to her. They...
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Murder among Friends: Violation of Philia in Greek Tragedy
Book by Elizabeth S. Belfiore; Oxford University Press, 2000
Subjects: Family In Literature, Friendship In Literature, Greek Drama (Tragedy)--History And Criticism, Love In Literature, Murder In Literature
...Akrisios, king of Argos and the father of Danae, receives an oracle saying that he will...into a chest and casts it into the sea. Danae and her son, Perseus, however, are rescued...later, Polydektes, who wants to rape Danae, sends Perseus away, telling him to bring...
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Roman Tragedy: Theatre to Theatricality
Book by Mario Erasmo; University of Texas Press, 2004
Subjects: Latin Drama (Tragedy)--History And Criticism, Theater--History--To 500, Theater--Rome
...those that do survive, the fragments from the Danae reveal as- pects of the metatheatricality...possibilities include Sophocles Acrisius, Danae(?), and Men of Larissa, and Euripides Danae. If the plot of Naevius play was culled from...
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Euripides: Student of Human Nature
Book by William Nickerson Bates; University of Pennsylvania Press, 1930
Subjects: Euripides--Criticism And Interpretation
XX THE DANAE The story of Danae is one of the most famous as well as one of the most familiar of the...king of Argos, warned by an oracle that a son which his daugher Danae would bear would kill him, had her confined in a chamber of stone...
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Genotoxic Effects in Swimmers Exposed to Disinfection By-Products in Indoor Swimming Pools
Journal article by Manolis Kogevinas, Cristina M. Villanueva, Laia Font-Ribera, Danae Liviac, Mariona Bustamante, Felicidad Espinoza, Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen, Aina Espinosa, Pilar Fernandez, David M. Demarini, Joan O. Grimalt, Tamara Grummt, Ricard Marcos; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 118, 2010
Subjects: Bladder cancer--Research, Bladder cancer--Risk factors, Drinking water--Chemical properties, Genetic toxicology--Research, Pool chemicals--Health aspects, Pool chemicals--Research, Swimmers--Health aspects, Swimmers--Research, Trihalomethanes--Health aspects, Trihalomethanes--Research
...Manolis Kogevinas , Cristina M. Villanueva , Laia Font-Ribera , Danae Liviac , Mariona Bustamante , Felicidad Espinoza , Mark J...2), (3) Laia Font-Ribera, (1), (2), (3) Danae Liviac, (5) Mariona Bustamante, (1), (3), (6) Felicidad...
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The Land of Milk and Honey? the Contemporary Working Lives of Contingent Youth Labour
Journal article by Danaë Anderson, Krish Naidu; New Zealand Journal of Employment Relations (Online), Vol. 35, 2010
Subjects: Foreign students, International education, New Zealand, Studies, Working conditions, Younger workers
The Land of Milk and Honey? the Contemporary Working Lives of Contingent Youth Labour by Danae Anderson , Krish Naidu Introduction Financial, cultural, and educational exchange in a "shrinking world" (Infometrics, NRB...
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Aretino and Michelangelo, Dolce and Titian: Femmina, Masculo, Grazia
Journal article by Fredrika H. Jacobs; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 82, 2000
Subjects: Art criticism, Art history, Competition, Michelangelo (Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni) (1475-1564), Patronage, Titian (1490-1576), Visual artists
...seen was the first of several variants of Danae and the Shower of Gold, 1544-46 (Fig...image that prompted the critique, the Danae predictably holds a prominent place in...the undisguised progenitors of Titians Danae, Michelangelos Leda and the Swan, of...
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La Double Face Du Desir Dans Les "Metamorphoses" De Ronsard: Reve D'intimite et Quete De L'origine
Journal article by Catherine Perry; The Romanic Review, Vol. 87, 1996
Subjects: French literature--17th century, Ronsard, Pierre de--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...Ovide et a Horace pour la seduction de Danae, a Baif pour le mythe dEurope, et a Ovide...lapprofondir en narrant brievement les mythes de Danae et de Narcisse. Or cest lintertexte qui...symbolise la chambre ou le mythe situe Danae, avant de se perdre dans la nuit(23...
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Deconstructing the Classical Age: Africa and the Unity of the Mediterranean World
Journal article by Maghan Keita; The Journal of Negro History, Vol. 79, 1994
Subjects: African literature--History, Classical literature--Social aspects, Racism--Analysis
...kings as far back as Perseus, the son of Danae (thus not including the god) are as they...if . . . we trace the ancestry of Danae, the daughter of Aerisius, we find that...there is the mythical personality of Danae, mother of Perseus. Her genealogy is...
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magazine articles on: DanaE  - 53 results

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Die Liebe der Danae at Garsington
Magazine article by Brian Hick; Musical Opinion, 1999
Die Liebe der Danae at Garsington by Brian Hick Garsington...evidence when they staged Die Liebe der Danae, which I saw on 29 June. The Programme...up to that point, the Third Act finds Danae and Midas alone in the desert. Danae has...
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Die Liebe der Danae Berlin-deutsche Oper
Magazine article by Eduardo Benarroch; Musical Opinion, Vol. 134, May/Jun 2011
Die Liebe der Danae Berlin-deutsche Oper by Eduardo Benarroch...Daphne, Friedenstag and Die Liebe der Danae must come as an unwelcome surprise. Middle...nazis did not care where it came from. Danae is another escapism, in it he does not...
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Die Liebe der Danae
Magazine article by Neil Crory; Opera Canada, Vol. 45, Summer 2004
Die Liebe der Danae by Neil Crory DIE LIEBE DER DANAE Richard Strauss CPO 999 967-2 (3 CDs) Richard Strausss classically inspired opera, Die liebe der Danae, has not fared particularly well over the years. Although...
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Powerful New Film "another Road Home" Draws Mixed Reaction
Magazine article by Mai Abdul Rahman; The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Vol. 24, July 2005
Subjects: Documentary films, Elon, Danae, Israel, Military occupations, Motion picture directors & producers, Opinions, Palestinians, Public figures
Powerful New Film "another Road Home" Draws Mixed Reaction by Mai Abdul Rahman Danae Elon, daughter of the famous Israeli writer and lecturer Amos Elon, took part in a post-screening discussion of her newly released...
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Start Your Collection
Magazine article; Southwest Art, Vol. 36, July 2006
Subjects: Miller, Danae Bennett, Sculpture, Visual artists
...Collection 1 Donae Bennett Miller, Bison, bronze, 12 x 91/2 x 51/2. Working from her studio and horse ranch in Bend, OR, Danae Bennett Miller creates animal sculptures in bronze, steel, aluminum, and wood. Millers new works, including a limited edition...
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My Bloom Heaven; LIFESTYLE; Writer Danae Brook Has Transformed the Garden of Her Hunting-Lodge-Style Home into a Flourishing Rose-Growing Business, Here She Takes Us on a Fragrant Tour of the House and Grounds
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), May 22, 2011
My Bloom Heaven; LIFESTYLE; Writer Danae Brook Has Transformed the Garden of Her...pink to suit you, she says. Top right: Danae in her extensive glasshouse. Bottom right: the magnificent rose field. Opposite: Danae in the hut by her garden lake, where she...
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My Bloom Heaven; Writer Danae Brook Has Transformed the Garden of Her Hunting-Lodge-Style Home into a Flourishing Rose-Growing Business. Here She Takes Us on a Fragrant Tour of the House and Grounds
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), May 21, 2011
My Bloom Heaven; Writer Danae Brook Has Transformed the Garden of Her...to suit you, she says. Top right: Danae in her extensive glasshouse. Bottom...the magnificent rose field. Opposite: Danae in the hut by her garden lake, where...
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Why This Constable Theme Park May Destroy the Very Countryside He Loved; Danae Brook Offers a Personal View on Plans for a 'Conservation' Centre in the Stunning Valley That Inspired the Hay Wain
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), January 29, 2006
Subjects: Amusement parks
...Constable Theme Park May Destroy the Very Countryside He Loved; Danae Brook Offers a Personal View on Plans for a Conservation Centre in the Stunning Valley That Inspired the Hay Wain. Byline: DANAE BROOK Under the guise of a heritage scheme, a vast commercial...
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When the Clubbers Call It a Night in Ibiza; Danae Brook on How Islanders Can Reclaim Their Homeland in the (Very) Quiet Season
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), February 13, 2005
When the Clubbers Call It a Night in Ibiza; Danae Brook on How Islanders Can Reclaim Their Homeland in the (Very) Quiet Season. Sex is synonymous with the word Ibiza, and in...
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'I Don't Fear Death as Long as It's Quick'; Just before Sir Ranulph Fiennes Set off on His Latest Perilous Journey, to Conquer the North Face of Everest, He Told Danae Brook His Plans for His Own Funeral Should the Climb End in Disaster
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), April 17, 2005
Subjects: Fiennes, Ranulph, Sir
...His Latest Perilous Journey, to Conquer the North Face of Everest, He Told Danae Brook His Plans for His Own Funeral Should the Climb End in Disaster. Byline: DANAE BROOK Hes 61 years old, terrified of heights, has a heart problem, bronchitis...
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encyclopedia articles on: DanaE  - 9 results

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DanaË
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
DANAE dan ae, in Greek legend, daughter of Acrisius. When it was prophesied that...form of a shower of gold, and she bore him a son, Perseus . Acrisius put Danae and Perseus into a chest and threw them into the sea, but they floated safely...
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Perseus , in Greek Mythology
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...mythology pur se s, soos, in Greek mythology, son of Zeus and Danae. His grandfather, Acrisius, had been warned by an oracle...befriended the two. After a time Polydectes fell in love with Danae but was embarrassed by the presence of her full-grown son...
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Titian
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Ottavio (the second Duke of Parma) and Cardinal Alessandro Farnese (Pinacoteca, Naples). For Cardinal Farnese he painted a Danae (Naples), of which he was later to make several versions. In Rome Titian came into contact with Michelangelo and shared...
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Strauss, Richard
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Stefan Zweig for Die schweigsame Frau (1935) and Josef Gregor for Friedenstag (1938), Daphne (1938), and Die Liebe der Danae (1938 40). Strausss operas, carrying the Wagnerian leitmotif concept to its fullest development, went beyond Wagner in...
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Mabuse, Jan De
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...gave to his subjects was highly popular in his time. A Donor and His Wife (Brussels), Neptune and Amphitrite (Berlin), Danae (Munich), St. Luke Painting the Virgin (versions in Vienna and National Gall., Prague), and Jean Carondelet Adoring...
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