Andromeda’s Family Tree

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Family

• Perseus(spouse),Alcaeus(child),Electryon(child),Gorgophone(child),Heleus(child),Mestor(child),Perses of Mycenae(child),Sthenelus(child)— Marriage

  Perseus married Andromeda after rescuing her from a sea monster. Their children included Electryon, Sthenelus, Gorgophone, Perses of Mycenae, Alcaeus, Heleus, and Mestor — a line that would produce Heracles through Electryon's daughter Alcmene.

• Cassiopeia(parent),Cepheus(parent)— Marriage

  Cepheus, king of Ethiopia, and his wife Cassiopeia were the parents of Andromeda. Cassiopeia's boast against the Nereids brought Poseidon's wrath upon the kingdom and led to Andromeda being chained to a rock.

Associated with

• Cassiopeia

  Cassiopeia's boast that she and Andromeda surpassed the Nereids in beauty brought Poseidon's punishment upon the entire kingdom. Andromeda was chained to a rock as sacrifice because of her mother's hubris.

• Cetus

  Andromeda was chained to a rock as sacrifice to the sea monster Cetus, sent by Poseidon. Perseus arrived and slew Cetus, freeing Andromeda and claiming her hand in marriage.

• Danae

  Andromeda married Danaë's son Perseus after he rescued her from a sea monster. The two women became family, and through Andromeda, Danaë became grandmother to the ancestors of the Perseid dynasty.

• Nereids

  Cassiopeia's boast that Andromeda surpassed the Nereids in beauty provoked their outrage and that of their patron Poseidon, who sent the sea monster Cetus to punish the Ethiopian kingdom.