Terracotta stamnos with cover (jar) ca. 470-460 B.C. Attributed to the Deepdene Painter Obverse, King Akrisios watching his daughter Danae and her son Perseus who stand in a chest about to be set adrift Reverse, Danae's seated mother, a standing servant with basket, and a carpenter holding a hammerWhen King Akrisios of Argos was informed by an oracle that his grandson would kill him, he locked away his daughter Danaë. Nevertheless, Zeus came to her as a shower of gold and Perseus was born. The king had Danaë and Perseus put into a wooden chest and set adrift to die at sea. After many adventures, including his beheading of Medusa the Gorgon, Perseus returned to Argos and fulfilled the prophecy. Here in a quiet but tense moment, Danaë and the baby react with horror and pleading before the chest is closed.. Terracotta stamnos with cover (jar) 256900