Cetus’s Connections

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Relationships & Genealogy(6 connections)

About Cetus

Slain by
  • Perseus slew the sea monster Cetus as it rose from the waves to devour Andromeda, who had been chained to a cliff as a sacrifice to appease Poseidon's wrath.

Associated with
  • 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.

  • Poseidon sent the sea monster Cetus to ravage Aethiopia as punishment for Cassiopeia's boast against the Nereids. The monster's attacks compelled the sacrifice of Andromeda.

  • King Cepheus was compelled by an oracle to chain his daughter Andromeda to a rock as a sacrifice to the sea monster Cetus, which was ravaging his kingdom of Aethiopia.

  • The Nereids' outrage at Cassiopeia's boast prompted Poseidon to send the sea monster Cetus against Aethiopia. The offended sea nymphs were the ultimate cause of Andromeda's ordeal.

  • Poseidon sent the sea monster Cetus to devastate the Ethiopian coast, answering the Nereids' appeal for vengeance after Cassiopeia's boast that she surpassed them in beauty.

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