Scaife ATLAS

Andrŏmĕda, ae, and -ē, ēs, f., = Ἀνδρομέδη, a daughter of the Ethiopian king Cepheus and Cassiope. On account of the arrogance of her mother she was bound to a rock by the command of the oracle of Jupiter Ammon, in order that she might be destroyed by a sea-monster; but Perseus rescued and married her. After death she was placed as a constellation in heaven, Ov. M. 4, 671 sq.; Hyg. Fab. 64; Apollod. 2, 4, 3; Cic. N. D. 2, 43; Col. 11, 2, 59 al.

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Andrŏmĕda

Headword (normalized):

andrŏmĕda

Headword (normalized/stripped):

andromeda

IDX:

2528

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lat.ls.perseus-eng2-n2528

Key:

Andromeda

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