#Andromeda

[nobrashfestivity]

Unknown, 9th century. Aratea , fol. 24.

Medieval Period: 9th - 10th Centuries

The Western World, Medieval Period

Constellation Andromeda, represented as long-haired woman, head tilted slightly toward her left, upper torso nude, lower part of body covered by draped robe, wrist of left arm and both arms chained to rocky sides, stars represented by dots along arms, shoulders, rib cage, legs and feet. Appllodorus (II) tells that Perseus found Andromeda, the daughter of King Cepheus of Ethiopia, set out to be the prey of a sea monster. Cassiopea, her mother, had vied with the Nereids in beauty and boasted that she was more beautiful than them all. Hence the Nereids were angry and Poseidon sharing their wrath, sent a flood and a monster to invade the land. Ammon predicted deliverance from the calamity if Andromeda were exposed as prey to the monster, so Cepheus was compelled by the Ethiopians to do so and bound his daughter to a rock. When Perseus beheld her, he fell in love with her and undertook to kill the monster if Cepheus would give him the rescued damsel for wife. These terms having been sworn to, Perseus slew the monster and released Andromeda.Pseudo-Eratosthenes in his Catasterismi relates that all the persons involved in this event, Cepheus, Cassiopea, Andromeda, and Perseus, were set among the stars by Athena. Aratus in his Phaenomena describes the constellation Andromeda: "So bright is her head and so clearly marked are both the shoulders, the tips of her feet and all her belt. Yet even there she is racked, with arms stretched far apart, and even in heaven bonds are her portion. Uplifted and outspread there for all time are those hands."

#medieval art #andromeda #illuminated manuscript

[wonders-of-the-cosmos]

Andromeda over the Swiss Alps Image Credit: Dzmitry Kananovich

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[the-wolf-and-moon]

M31, Andromeda

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[without-ado]

Andromeda Galaxy & Comet Pons-Brooks

l Petr Horálek l Revúca Slovakia l composited

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[illustratus]

Andromeda by Arthur Rackham

#arthur rackham #art #andromeda #cetus #greek mythology #mythological #dragon #dragons #serpent #serpents #sea #mythical creatures #monster #monsters #beasts #damsel in distress #classical antiquity #ancient greece #ancient greek #europe #european #sea monsters #sea dragons #sea serpents #folklore #mythology

[before-life]

Andromeda Galaxy M31 by tallnutt

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[the-evil-clergyman]

Andromeda by Philip John Thornhill (Late 19th - Early 20th Century)

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[iingezo]

Andromeda for @gayandbasic !

#art #commission #dnd #druid #elf #half elf #oc thine #andromeda #gayandbasic

[spacewonder19]

A Meteor and Andromeda ©

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[pazzesco]

Check out this zoom-out from the sharpest view of the Andromeda Galaxy ever, revealing over 100 million stars

#space #andromeda #video

[traverse-our-universe]

The Andromeda Galaxy

Jonathon Wilcox on Instagram

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[eirene]

Perseus and Andromeda, 1891 Frederic Leighton

#Frederic Leighton #english art #art #painting #art history #mythology #greek mythology #1890s #Perseus #Andromeda

[cuties-in-codices]

andromeda

in an astronomical-astrological miscellany, bavaria, late 15th c.

source: Coburg, Landesbibl., Ms. 5, fol. 87r

#15th century #andromeda #medieval art #illuminated manuscript #gender #mythology #astronomy #astrology

[the-wolf-and-moon]

Andromeda and Alps

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[rennebright]

【FGO】アンドロメダ by Azusa [Twitter/X] ※Illustration shared with permission from the artist. If you like this artwork please support the artist by visiting the source.

#andromeda #アンドロメダ #fate grand order #fgo #fate #azusa #posted art

[weirdlookindog]

Herbert Bourne - Andromeda, 1881. (After Gustave Doré).

#herbert bourne #gustave doré #andromeda #art #mythology #illustration