Danae

"It was the word Danae which you used that surprised me.

Ten Years Later Alexandre Dumas p��re 1836

At least one of his paintings, however, the " Danae " from Munich ' s Altepinacotek unfortunately not in the Met exhibition is among the most effectively erotic works to come out of Northern Europe in the 16th century.

Gossart James Gardner 2010

Chemmis in the Theban district near Neapolis, and in this city there is a temple of Perseus the son of Danae which is of a square shape, and round it grow date-palms: the gateway of the temple is built of stone and of very great size, and at the entrance of it stand two great statues of stone.

The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003

[295] This line is very like a Fragment in the "Danae" of Euripides.

Plutarch's Morals 46-120? Plutarch

Rome, where he copied some works by Titian, notably the "Danae".

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913

This rule is observed by most of the Egyptians; but there is a large city named Chemmis in the Theban district near Neapolis, and in this city there is a temple of Perseus the son of Danae which is of a square shape, and round it grow date-palms: the gateway of the temple is built of stone and of very great size, and at the entrance of it stand two great statues of stone.

An Account of Egypt: Being the Second Book of His Histories Called Euterpe. Paras. 20-39 Herodotus 1909

Perseus the son of Danae which is of a square shape, and round it grow date-palms: the gateway of the temple is built of stone and of very great size, and at the entrance of it stand two great statues of stone.

The history of Herodotus — Volume 1 480? BC-420? BC Herodotus 1883

Perseus the son of Danae which is of a square shape, and round it grow date-palms: the gateway of the temple is built of stone and of very great size, and at the entrance of it stand two great statues of stone.

An Account of Egypt 480? BC-420? BC Herodotus 1883

There are two Venuses by Titian very like that of Dresden, but the heads have not the same dignity; and a Danae which is a replica of the Vienna one.

Castilian Days John Hay 1870

This holds good to a certain extent also of Lorenzo Lotto, who, in the earliest known examples ” the so-called Danae of Sir Martin Conway's collection, and the

The Earlier Work of Titian Phillips, Claude 1897