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***In Greek Mythology, a sacrificial maiden was offered to a sea monster in order to appease the wrath of the gods, and was saved by the hero Perseus, who was passing through the area. She is often depicted in paintings chained to rocks by the sea. After her life was saved by Perseus, Andromeda became his wife, bearing many children with him. Her lineage would later include the hero Heracles - Andromeda's great-grandson.
The story of Andromeda in Greek Mythology goes like this: One day, Cassiopeia, wife of King Cepheus of Aethiopia, boasted that her beauty (and in some versions of the story, her daughter's beauty) surpassed that of all the sea maidens (Nereids), and in so doing incurred the wrath of Poseidon. The country was beset by storms and the sea monster Cetus, but Cepheus received an oracle (prophecy) telling him "Offer up Andromeda to Cetus, and you shall be forgiven." He chose to sacrifice his daughter by chaining her to a rock by the seaside. However, Perseus, having just defeated Medusa, passes by, and, using Medusa's head, turns the monster to stone and saves Andromeda. After that, Perseus was attacked by Andromeda's ex-fiancée, but he used Medusa's head once more to overcome that crisis and returned to his hometown with Andromeda as his wife.
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A sacrificial maiden described in Greek mythology. She was offered to a leviathan to quell the gods' anger, only for the great hero Perseus to save her when he happened across the scene. She is frequently depicted in chains, shackled to a boulder by the sea. It is said that after Perseus saved her, Andromeda wed him and bore him many children. Among their descendants was the famed hero Heracles, her great-grandson.
Andromeda is described in Greek mythology as follows:
Once upon a time, Cassiopeia, wife of King Cepheus of Ethiopia (Aethiopia), boasted that her beauty (or in some versions, her daughter's beauty) surpassed even that of the Nereids, the sea nymphs. This incurred their wrath, as well as that of Poseidon, leading the kingdom to be attacked by high tides and the sea monster Cetus.
Cepheus received an oracle stating that they might be forgiven if Andromeda was sacrificed to Cetus. And so, he chose to offer his daughter up to the leviathan by chaining her to a boulder near the ocean.
However, Perseus (after slaying Medusa) encountered Andromeda and defeated the monster by using Medusa's head to turn it to stone. Andromeda's former betrothed then attacked Perseus, but Perseus once again used Medusa's head to defeat his enemies, then married Andromeda and returned to his homeland.
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