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Andromeda

Ἀνδρομέδα
mortalthe rescued princess

Princess of Aethiopia, offered to the sea-monster Cetus and rescued by Perseus, who married her.

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Andromeda is a princess of Aethiopia whose mother Cassiopeia (a queen) boasted that Andromeda was more beautiful than the Nereids; Poseidon sent the monster Cetus to ravage the coast, and Andromeda was chained to a rock as a sacrifice. Perseus, passing by, slew Cetus with the head of Medusa and rescued her, and she became his wife [S5]S5 · Pseudo-Apollodorus, Library (Bibliotheca)c. 1st–2nd c. CE (transmits earlier)text.
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  • Rescued from the sea-monster Cetus by Perseus [S5]S5 · Pseudo-Apollodorus, Library (Bibliotheca)c. 1st–2nd c. CE (transmits earlier)text.
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PARTNER_OFPerseus — Perseus rescued and married Andromeda.[S5]
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