allusions in stasimon 4 of antigone. danae danae was imprisoned when it was foretold that she would...
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Allusions in Stasimon 4 of Antigone
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Danae
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Danae was imprisoned when it was foretold that she would mother a son who would kill her father, King Acrisios. Her beauty attracted Zeus, who visited her in the form of a shower of gold.
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Perseus, Danae’s son, was born of the union,
and Danae was exiled with the child.
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Years later, as prophesied, the boy did kill Acrisios, whom he failed to recognize as his grandfather.
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King Lycurgus
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Dryas’ son was Lycurgus, a mythological king whose opposition to the worship of Dionysus was severely punished by the gods.
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Lycrugus drove the followers of Dionysus from Thrace and was subsequently driven insane.
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He recovered from his madness while imprisoned in a cave, but he was later blinded by Zeus as additional
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Ares/Sons of
Phineus
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The chorus refers to the story of King Phineus of Salmydessus in Thrace. Phineus imprisoned his first wife, Cleopatra (not the Egyptian queen), after marrying a second wife, Idaea.
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Out of jealousy, Idaea made false accusations of treachery against Cleopatra’s sons, Plesippus and Pandion, and put out their eyes with a weaver’s spindle.
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Zeus, angry that Phineas revealed too much of the plans of the gods, punished him by blinding him and setting him on an island with a buffet of food.