Which Greek hero was the son of Zeus and Danaë?

Perseus was the Greek hero who was the son of Zeus and Danaë. His birth made him a demigod and set him on a path that included the slaying of Medusa and the rescue of Andromeda.

Danaë was the daughter of Acrisius, king of Argos. An oracle warned Acrisius that Danaë’s son would one day kill him, so he confined her to prevent her from having a child. Zeus reached her in the form of a shower of gold and fathered Perseus. When Acrisius discovered the child, he placed Danaë and Perseus in a wooden chest and cast them into the sea.

They survived and reached Seriphos, where Perseus grew up before being sent to obtain Medusa’s head. With divine equipment and guidance, he defeated the Gorgon and later used her head to petrify the sea monster threatening Andromeda. Perseus is sometimes confused with Heracles: both were sons of Zeus, but Heracles was descended from Perseus through his mother, Alcmene’s family line.