Seriphos (Serifo s) Greek An island in the Western Cyclades group in the Aegean Sea.
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Seriphos (Serifo s) Greek An island in the Western Cyclades group in the Aegean Sea. This was the island where the infant Perseus and his mother, Danae, came to rest after escaping from Acrisius.
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- Rhodes Greek The easternmost island of the Aegean Sea.
- Naxos Greek An island in the Aegean Sea southeast of Greece.
- Polydectes Greek King of the island of Seriphos, protector of Danae and her son, Perseus.
- Hell espont (Dardanelles) Greek The long narrow channel or strait leading from the Aegean Sea into the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea.
- Laestrygonians Greek A race of giant cannibals who devoured many of the crewmen of the ships of Odysseus when the hero anchored near their island.