Editing Acrisius (section)

== Family ==
Acrisius was the son of [[Abas, son of Lynceus|Abas]]<ref>{{citation|author-link=Pausanias (geographer)|author=Pausanias|url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+2.16.2&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=Acrisius|title=2.16.2}}</ref> and [[Aglaia (mythology)|Aglaea]]<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+2.2.1&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=Acrisius 2.2.1]</ref> (or [[Ocalea (mythology)|Ocalea]], depending on the author), grandson of [[Lynceus]], great-grandson of [[Aegyptus]]. He was the twin brother of [[Proetus (king of Argos and Tiryns)|Proetus]]<ref>{{citation|author=Pausanias|url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+2.16.2&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=Acrisius|title=2.16.2}}</ref> and the half brother of [[Lyrcus]].<ref>{{citation|author=Pausanias|url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+2.25.5&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=Abas|title=2.25.5}}</ref> Acrisius was the husband of [[Eurydice of Argos|Eurydice]]<ref>[[Scholiast]] ad [[Apollonius of Rhodes]], 4.1091; Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+2.2.2&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=Acrisius 2.2.2]</ref> or Aganippe<ref>{{citation|author-link=Gaius Julius Hyginus|author=Hyginus|url=https://topostext.org/work/206#63|title=Fabulae 63}}</ref> and thus grandfather of the hero [[Perseus]] through their daughter [[Danae]]. His other daughter was [[Evarete]], wife of King [[Oenomaus]] of [[Pisa, Greece|Pisa]] in [[Ancient Elis|Elis]].<ref>{{citation|author=Hyginus|url=https://topostext.org/work/206#84|title=Fabulae 84}}</ref>