Acrisius casts Danae and Perseus into the sea by William Russell Flint 1880-1969

"When Perseus son of Danae and Zeus had come to Cepheus son of Belus and married his daughter Andromeda, a son was born to him whom he called Perses, and he left him there; for Cepheus had no male offspring; it was from this Perses that the Persians took their name."

-Herodotus, The Histories 7.61.3

Acrisius puts his daughter and her child (Perseus) into a chest, and casts it into the sea. Painting by William Russell Flint (1880-1969). Charles Kingsley, Grekiska Hjältesagor (1924, Swedish Edition of The Heroes). Paintings (watercolors) from 1911.

Source:

https://classicgrandtour.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/100089.jpg

http://www.maicar.com/GML/Danae.html

Quote:

https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0126%3Abook%3D7%3Achapter%3D61%3Asection%3D3