Danae the mother of Perseus by Zeus, who visits her in the form of a shower of gold.
Lycurgus real or legendary Spartan lawgiver of about the ninth century B.C. Here, the persecutor of the women who worshipped Dionysus.
Muses the nine goddesses who preside over literature and the arts and sciences: Calliope, Clio, Euterpe, Melpomene, Terpsichore, Erato, Polyhymnia, Urania, and Thalia.
Thrace wild region to the north of Thebes.
Ares the god of war, the son of Zeus and Hera.
