This excerpt best shows that the ancient Greeks valued
Read the excerpt from "Perseus."
Fate willed it—or perhaps Zeus, who up to now had
done little for his love and his child—that they should be
discovered by a good man, a fisherman named Dictys.
He came upon the great box and broke it open and took
the pitiful cargo home to his wife who was as kind as he.
They had no children and they cared for Danaë and
Perseus as if they were their own.
beauty and gracefulness.
intelligence and hard work.
kindness and generosity.
independence and action.
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