Herodotus' Histories

Andromeda

Family: Greek · Role: wife of Perseus · First appears: Book 7 · §57–69

Life events

  • Perseus took Andromeda to wife.(Book 7 · §57–69)
    • With: Perseus
    • “when Perseus, the son of Danae and Zeus, came to Kepheus the son of Belos and took to wife his daughter Andromeda,”
  • Perseus and Andromeda had a son named Perses.(Book 7 · §57–69)
    • With: Perseus Perses
    • “there was born to them a son to whom he gave the name Perses,”

Book 7 · §57–69

  • married with Perseus “but when Perseus, the son of Danae and Zeus, came to Kepheus the son of Belos and took to wife his daughter Andromeda, there was born to them a son to whom he gave the name Perses, and this son he left behind there, for it chanced that Kepheus had no male offspring: after him therefore this race was named.”
  • parent: Kepheus “but when Perseus, the son of Danae and Zeus, came to Kepheus the son of Belos and took to wife his daughter Andromeda”
  • child: Perses “there was born to them a son to whom he gave the name Perses”

Book 7 · §149–155

  • parent: Kepheus “Perses, from whom we are descended, was the son of Perseus, the son of Danae, and was born of the daughter of Kepheus, Andromeda”

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