Andromeda

Andromeda, daughter of the Ethiopian king Cepheus and Cassiopeia, like her mother, remarkable for her beauty. Cassiopeia having been rash enough to boast that her daughter was more beautiful than the Nereids, these offended deities prayed Poseidon (Neptune) to revenge the insult. Accordingly, the territory of King Cepheus was devastated by a flood; and a terrible sea-monster appeared, whose wrath the oracle of Ammon declared could only be appeased by the sacrifice of Andromeda. She was fastened to a rock, and left as a prey to the monster, when Perseus, returning from his victorious battle with Medusa, saw the beautiful victim, and determined to rescue and win her. Having slain the sea-monster, he received Andromeda as his reward. Athena gave Andromeda a place among the constellations. Her story is told in fine English hexameters by Charles Kingsley.