Showers of gold: two on Danae, by Parmenion

These come as a pair in the Anthology's book of erotic epigrams. Parmenion was a Macedonian whose surviving epigrams came into the anthology tradition through the Garland of Philip (first century AD).

5.33

Lord of Olympus, as a rain of gold

You visited Danäe, that the girl

Might be persuaded to it by a gift,

Not yield in terror before Kronos’ son.

5.34

Zeus had Danäe in exchange for gold,

And I have you for gold: I cannot dare

To spend more liberally than did He.