Acrisius
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Sep 12, 2026
Mark DonovanGUEST
What are the underground burial sites in Rome that are known for their extensive networks and early Christian art? The catacombs.
Mark DonovanGUEST
Which mythological hero accidentally killed his grandfather Acrisius by throwing a discus during athletic games at Larissa? Perseus.
Mark DonovanGUEST
The northernmost point of mainland Africa is located in which country? Tunisia.
Mark DonovanGUEST
Which sibling trio scored top 10 hits in 1984 with the songs Automatic and Jump for My Love? The Pointer Sisters.
Larry WilsonVOICE_ACTOR
read by nema poseidon read by larry wilson
speaker_3VOICE_ACTOR
o father what have i endured at the hands of the cursed stranger who made me drunk and put out my eye, assaulted me when I was lulled to sleep.
speaker_3VOICE_ACTOR
Who
Larry WilsonVOICE_ACTOR
dared to do this, my poor Polyphemus?
speaker_3VOICE_ACTOR
yes but it was i who removed it that i might the better catch him as he was going out and sitting down close to the door i groped for him with extended hands letting only my sheep pass out to pasture after having given instructions to the ram what he was to do in my place
Larry WilsonVOICE_ACTOR
i understand they slipped away under them unnoticed but you ought to have shouted and called the rest of the cyclopes to your aid against him
speaker_3VOICE_ACTOR
i did summon them father and they came but when they asked the sneaking rascal's name and i said it was outtis thinking i was in a mad fit they took themselves off at once thus the cursed fellow tricked me with his name and what especially vexes me is that actually throwing my misfortune in my teeth Not even, says he, will your father Poseidon cure you.
Larry WilsonVOICE_ACTOR
Never mind, my child, for I will revenge myself upon him, that he may learn that even if it is not possible for me to heal the mutilation of people's eyes, at all events the fate of voyagers is in my hands, and he is still at sea.
FoneVOICE_ACTOR
For what reason, my sister? Tell me, if you know it at all, the whole story exactly.
Christine G.VOICE_ACTOR
Her father, Acrisius, incarcerating her in a certain brazen chamber, kept her a virgin, most beautiful though she was.
Christine G.VOICE_ACTOR
Then, if it be true, I can't say, but they do say that Zeus, transformed into gold, flowed in a stream through the roof to her, and that she received the fluid god into her arms and became pregnant.
Christine G.VOICE_ACTOR
Her father, a savage and jealous sort of fellow, learning this, was in a great rage and, suspecting she had been debauched by some mortal, thrust her into the chest as soon as ever she had been delivered.
Kevin GreenNARRATOR
End of chapter 24 Chapter 25 of Stories of Old Greece and Rome by Emily Kip Baker This LibriVox recording is in the public domain Chapter 25 Perseus When the wicked king Danaus persuaded his daughters to kill their husbands on their wedding night, there was one, Hypamnestra, who refused to slay her lover, and by saving him, brought upon the head of cruel Danaus the doom that he had striven to escape.
Kevin GreenNARRATOR
The grandson of Hypamnestra and Lynceus was Acrisius, king of Argo, a kindly ruler who dearly loved his only daughter Danae, and kept her always near him to delight his eyes with her great beauty.
Kevin GreenNARRATOR
Unfortunately the king chanced to learn from an oracle that he would one day be killed by his grandson, and hoping to prevent this, he shut Danae in a high brazen tower which no one was allowed to enter on pain of death.
Kevin GreenNARRATOR
He placed around the tower a strong guard so that no one could get even a glimpse of the imprisoned princess, but though no mortal wooer could approach her, Danae's loveliness was not hidden from Jupiter's eyes, and as he looked down from high Olympus, he pitied the maiden's loneliness and loved her for her great beauty.
Kevin GreenNARRATOR
Thus by means of the golden shower, Jupiter won the maiden's confidence and love, and spent many hours with her in the high tower room.
Kevin GreenNARRATOR
Danae was not lonely any more, but people who passed beneath her window could hear her singing to herself all day long.
Kevin GreenNARRATOR
One morning the astonished attendants rushed to King Acrisius and told him that in the brazen tower was a mother and child.
Kevin GreenNARRATOR
His daughter Danae had given birth to a son, who was so beautiful that they called him Perseus.
Kevin LaverneNARRATOR
Never yet have I been so overpowered by passion, neither for goddess nor mortal woman, as I am at this moment for yourself.
Kevin LaverneNARRATOR
Not even when I was in love with the wife of Ixion, who bore me Pirithous, peer of gods in council, nor yet with Danae, the daintily ankled daughter of Acrisius, who bore me the famed hero Perseus.
Kevin LaverneNARRATOR
Then there was the daughter of Phoenix, who bore me Minos and Rhadamanthus.
Kevin LaverneNARRATOR
There was Semele and Alcmene in Thebes, by whom I begot my lion-hearted son, Hercules, while Semele became mother to Bacchus, the comforter of mankind.
Kevin GreenNARRATOR
End of chapter 24 Chapter 25 of Stories of Old Greece and Rome by Emily Kip Baker This LibriVox recording is in the public domain Chapter 25 Perseus When the wicked king Danaus persuaded his daughters to kill their husbands on their wedding night, there was one, Hypmnestra, who refused to slay her lover, and by saving him, brought upon the head of cruel Danaus the doom that he had striven to escape.
Kevin GreenNARRATOR
The grandson of Hypmnestra and Lynceus was Acrisius, king of Argo, a kindly ruler who dearly loved his only daughter Danae, and kept her always near him to delight his eyes with her great beauty.
Kevin GreenNARRATOR
Unfortunately, the king chanced to learn from an oracle that he would one day be killed by his grandson, and hoping to prevent this, he shut Danae in a high brazen tower which no one was allowed to enter on pain of death.
Kevin GreenNARRATOR
He placed around the tower a strong guard so that no one could get even a glimpse of the imprisoned princess, but though no mortal wooer could approach her, Danae's loveliness was not hidden from Jupiter's eyes, and as he looked down from high Olympus, he pitied the maiden's loneliness and loved her for her great beauty.
Kevin GreenNARRATOR
Thus by means of the golden shower, Jupiter won the maiden's confidence and love and spent many hours with her in the high tower room.
Kevin GreenNARRATOR
Danae was not lonely anymore, but people who passed beneath her window could hear her singing to herself all day long.
Kevin GreenNARRATOR
One morning the astonished attendants rushed to King Acrisius and told him that in the brazen tower was a mother and child.
Kevin GreenNARRATOR
His daughter Danae had given birth to a son who was so beautiful that they called him Perseus.
Kevin GreenNARRATOR
The august goddess of wisdom seemed to have taken a strange fancy to the Gorgon's head, so Perseus gave her this trophy of his victory, and she fixed it in the middle of her shield.
Kevin GreenNARRATOR
When Perseus, with Andromeda and Danae, arrived in Argo, they found that old Acrisius had been driven from his throne, and that a usurper was enjoying the kingdom.
Kevin GreenNARRATOR
It did not take long for the hero who had slain Medusa to kill the unlawful claimant and reinstate his grandfather.
Kevin GreenNARRATOR
The old man had been languishing for years in prison, and was hardly able to endure the great joy of his release at the hands of one whom he had long since believed to be dead.
Kevin GreenNARRATOR
Things seemed to be settled very happily in spite of the oracle, but the decrees of the gods are sure to be fulfilled, and one day when Perseus was playing quoits, he accidentally threw one wide of the mark.
AJHOST
He's had his fair share of murders there as well.
AJHOST
Hasn't he just? So King Acrisius of Argos, suitably furious that his daughter Danae has had a baby, particularly because the father is Zeus.
AJHOST
So, Acrisius' sensible response is to stick Danai in a box with Perseus and throw them into the sea.
AJHOST
It's only fair.
AJHOST
Cut to Olympus.
Izzy BarbieriNARRATOR
Once upon a time, there were two princes who were twins.
Izzy BarbieriNARRATOR
Their names were Acrisius and Preetus, and they lived in the pleasant vale of Argos, far away in Hellas.
Izzy BarbieriNARRATOR
They had fruitful meadows and vineyards, sheep and oxen, great herds of horses feeding down in Lunafend.
Izzy BarbieriNARRATOR
and all that men could need to make them blessed.
Izzy BarbieriNARRATOR
And yet they were wretched, because they were jealous of each other.
Izzy BarbieriNARRATOR
From the moment they were born they began to quarrel, and when they grew up, each tried to take away the other's share of the kingdom, and keep all for himself.
Izzy BarbieriNARRATOR
So first Acrisius drove out Preetus, and he went across the seas, and brought home a foreign princess for his wife, and foreign warriors to help him, who were called Cyclops, and drove out Acrisius in his turn.
Izzy BarbieriNARRATOR
And then they fought a long while up and down the land, till the quarrel was settled, and Acrisius took Argos, and went half the land, and Preetus took Tiryns, and the other half.
Izzy BarbieriNARRATOR
Once upon a time, there were two princes who were twins.
Izzy BarbieriNARRATOR
Their names were Acrisius and Preetus, and they lived in the pleasant vale of Argos, far away in Hellas.
Izzy BarbieriNARRATOR
They had fruitful meadows and vineyards, sheep and oxen, great herds of horses feeding down in Lunafend.
Izzy BarbieriNARRATOR
and all that men could need to make them blessed.
Izzy BarbieriNARRATOR
And yet they were wretched, because they were jealous of each other.
Izzy BarbieriNARRATOR
From the moment they were born they began to quarrel, and when they grew up, each tried to take away the other's share of the kingdom, and keep all for himself.
Izzy BarbieriNARRATOR
So first Acrisius drove out Preetus, and he went across the seas, and brought home a foreign princess for his wife, and foreign warriors to help him, who were called Cyclops, and drove out Acrisius in his turn.
Izzy BarbieriNARRATOR
And then they fought a long while up and down the land, till the quarrel was settled, and Acrisius took Argos, and went half the land, and Preetus took Tiryns, and the other half.
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