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Myths of the Founders 183
dead had a twin brother named Acrisius, and the two of them struggled in the womb.
Acrisius had a daughter named Danae.
Joseph’s father Jacob also struggled in the womb with his brother and he had a
daughter named Dinah, essentially the same name as Danae. Additionally, Proetus
and Acrisius were descended from Danaus, whom we identified with Jacob in the
story of Dinah’s rape. So the story of Bellerophon has close mythological connections
to the story of Danaus and Aegyptus. If the one influenced biblical history, it is probable
that the other also was adapted by Hebrew scribes.
The biblical version of Joseph’s betrayal by Potiphar’s wife has several widespread
antecedents and the two reviewed here, the Egyptian Tale of Two Brothers and the
Greek myth about Bellerophon would have been well-known among Hebrew scribes
and easily incorporated into a larger epic.