Akrisios

Akrisios Acrisius Akrisios, twin son of Abas by Aglaia

• Apollod. 2.1.5
• son of Abas, king of Argos: Paus. 2.16.2
• fights Proetus for kingdom: Paus. 2.25.7
• expels his twin brother Proetus: Apollod. 2.1.5
• reigns over Argos: Apollod. 2.2.1
• husband of Eurydice: Apollod. 3.10.2, Paus. 3.13.8
• father of Danae: Hdt. 6.53, Apollod. 2.2.1
• guards Danae in a brazen chamber: Apollod. 2.3.2, Apollod. 2.4.1, Paus. 2.23.7, Paus. 10.5.11
• casts her and Perseus into the sea: Apollod. 2.4.1
• fears the oracle and goes to Larissa: Apollod. 2.4.3, Apollod. 2.4.4, Paus. 2.16.2
• killed accidentally by Perseus: Apollod. 2.4.4, Paus. 2.16.2