(Δίκτυς; Díktys).
[1] Son of Magnes and a Naiad
Son of Magnes and a Naiad, brother or half-brother to Polydectes (Apollod. 1,88), the king of the island of Seriphos. Other sources stress his descent from Poseidon direct or in the fourth degree (Tzetz. Lycoph. 838; Pherecydes FGrH 3 F 10f.). As a fisherman (D. = ‘netsman’) he lodges Danae and her infant son Perseus, who are swept onto the shore at Seriphos in a box. The st…