Andromeda

Also known as: virgin · Family: Æthiopian royal family · Role: princess · First appears: Fable 47

Life events

• Andromeda is exposed to be devoured by a monster.(Fable47 · 📍 Æthiopia)
  • “Andromeda is exposed to be devoured by a monster.”
• Perseus proposes marriage, and Andromeda’s parents accept, promising the kingdom as dowry.(Fable47 · 📍 Æthiopia)
  • With: Perseus Cassiope Cepheus
  • “If I were to demand her {in marriage}, I, Perseus, the son of Jove, and of her whom, in prison, Jove embraced in the impregnating {shower of} gold, Perseus, the conqueror of the Gorgon with her serpent locks, and who has dared, on waving wings, to move through the ætherial air, I should surely be preferred before all as your son-in-law. To so many recommendations I endeavor to add merit (if only the Deities favor me). I {only} stipulate that she may be mine, {if} preserved by my valor.” Her parents embrace the condition, (for who could hesitate?) and they entreat {his aid}, and promise as well, the kingdom as a dowry.”
• Perseus frees Andromeda from her chains after defeating the monster.(Fable47)
  • With: Perseus
  • “Released from her chains, the virgin walks along, both the reward and the cause of his labors.”
• Perseus marries Andromeda after his victory.(Fable47)
  • With: Perseus
  • “He then renders thanks to the Gods for his victory, and marries Andromeda.”
• Perseus goes to Argos, petrifies the usurper Prœtus, and restores Acrisius to the throne.(Fable48 · 📍 Argos)
  • With: Perseus Prœtus Acrisius
  • “After this victory, he takes Andromeda with him to Argos, his native city, where he turns the usurper Prœtus into stone, and re-establishes his grandfather Acrisius on the throne.”

Fable 47

• courtship with Perseus “If I were to demand her {in marriage}, I, Perseus, the son of Jove, and of her whom, in prison, Jove embraced in the impregnating {shower of} gold, Perseus, the conqueror of the Gorgon with her serpent locks, and who has dared, on waving wings, to move through the ætherial air, I should surely be preferred before all as your son-in-law.”
• married with Perseus “He then renders thanks to the Gods for his victory, and marries Andromeda.”
• parent: Cepheus “Cepheus, the son of Phœnix, was the father of Andromeda.”
• parent: Cassiope “Cassiope, the mother of Andromeda, had dared to compare her own beauty with that of the Nereids.”
• with Jupiter (Jove, also called Ammon, ordered Andromeda's punishment.) “There the unjust Ammon[78] had ordered the innocent Andromeda to suffer punishment for her mother’s tongue.[79]”

Fable 48

• courtship with Phineus “Phineus, to whom Andromeda has been previously promised in marriage, rushes into the palace, with his adherents, and attacks his rival.”
• married with Perseus “The descendant of Abas, together with his wife, enters the walls of his native city;”
• elder kin: Phineus “It is not enough, forsooth, that in thy presence she was bound and that thou, both her uncle and her betrothed, didst give no assistance;”
• engaged with Phineus “Phineus, to whom Andromeda has been previously promised in marriage”

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Extracted from the original text of The Metamorphoses of Ovid. Made with Rho MD.