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1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• James Dana
• Dana, James Dwight
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1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Charles Anderson Dana
• Danae
• Francis Dana
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McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Boardman, George Dana, a.m.
• Boardman, George Dana, a.m., (2)
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• Dana, Charles Anderson
• Dana, James Dwight
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Daughter of Acrisius, king of Argos, confined by her father in an inaccessible tower of brass to prevent the fulfilment of an oracle that she should be the mother of a son who would kill him, but Zeus found access to her in the form of a shower of gold, and she became the mother of Perseus, by whose hand Acrisius met his fate. See Perseus .