Andromeda. Andromeda is the daughter of King Cepheus and Queen Cassiopeia.
She is often shown naked or semi-naked, with her hands chained above her head to a rock, for example in Andromeda by Peter Rubens at the Gemaldsgalere, Berlin. Many artists have depicted the moment when Perseus, flying with his winged sandals, sees Andromeda and falls in love with her.
He then proceeds to slay the sea monster and free her. Sometimes, Andromeda is shown with her parents, Cepheus and Cassiopeia.
This usually occurs in scenes leading up to her sacrifice, where Cassiopeia's boast about her daughter's beauty leads to the wrath of the sea god Poseidon. Andromeda is sometimes shown after her rescue, often in the company of Perseus.
When Cassiopeia's hubris leads her to boast that Andromeda is more beautiful than the Nereids, Poseidon sends the sea monster Cetus to ravage Andromeda as divine punishment. Andromeda is chained to a rock as a sacrifice to sate the monster, but is saved from death by Perseus. Her name is the Latinized form of the Greek or: ruler of men, from man, and I protect, rule over. As a subject, Andromeda has been popular in art since classical times; it is one of several Greek myths of a Greek hero's rescue of the intended victim of an archaic hieros gamos, giving rise to the princess and dragon motif. From the Renaissance, interest revived in the original story, typically as derived fr
She is often shown naked or semi-naked, with her hands chained above her head to a rock, for example in Andromeda by Peter Rubens at the Gemaldsgalere, Berlin. Many artists have depicted the moment when Perseus, flying with his winged sandals, sees Andromeda and falls in love with her.
He then proceeds to slay the sea monster and free her. Sometimes, Andromeda is shown with her parents, Cepheus and Cassiopeia.
This usually occurs in scenes leading up to her sacrifice, where Cassiopeia's boast about her daughter's beauty leads to the wrath of the sea god Poseidon. Andromeda is sometimes shown after her rescue, often in the company of Perseus.
When Cassiopeia's hubris leads her to boast that Andromeda is more beautiful than the Nereids, Poseidon sends the sea monster Cetus to ravage Andromeda as divine punishment. Andromeda is chained to a rock as a sacrifice to sate the monster, but is saved from death by Perseus. Her name is the Latinized form of the Greek or: ruler of men, from man, and I protect, rule over. As a subject, Andromeda has been popular in art since classical times; it is one of several Greek myths of a Greek hero's rescue of the intended victim of an archaic hieros gamos, giving rise to the princess and dragon motif. From the Renaissance, interest revived in the original story, typically as derived fr
Wikipedia ...