This passage introduces Perseus, the main character of today’s myth, and Danaë, his mother. Finally one day the little boy – his name was Perseus – was discovered by his grandfather. "Your child!" Acrisius cried in great anger. "Who is his father?" But when Danaë answered proudly, "Zeus," he would not believe her. –“Perseus,” Edith Hamilton Based on what you know about Greek gods, why is Danaë proud that her son’s father is Zeus? Zeus has very few children. Zeus has human qualities. Zeus is the king of the gods.