Andromeda’s Rock from the old city of Yafo (Tel Aviv - Yafo): Greek mythology tells that Cepheus, the king of Jaffa, had a very beautiful daughter called Andromeda. The wife of Cepheus, Cassiopeia, boasted that she and her dauther were more beautiful than the mermaids. This provoked the ire of the mermaids, which appealed to Poseidon to punish humans. So, Poseidon sent a deluge and a sea monster to destroy the lands of the Philistines and Jaffa.
Because of this, Cepheus, after consulting the oracle (and under pressure by jaffa’s inhabitants), decided to sacrifice Andromeda, his daughter, to the monster previously sent by Poseidon: Andromeda was tied to the rocks on the shore of Jaffa and left there.
Nevertheless, Perseus, passing through, saw Andromeda and fell in love. Perseus went to talk with Cepheus and Cassiopeia, who prosimed him their daughter as a wife if he was able to rescue her from the monster.
Perseus did it. He chopped off the head of the monster, which fell into the sea and became the famous sea rocks of Jaffa (Image).
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Andromeda's Rock from the old city of Yafo (Tel Aviv - Yafo): Greek mythology tells that Cepheus, the king of Jaffa, had a very beautiful daughter called Andromeda. The wife of Cepheus, Cassiopeia, boasted that she and her dauther were more beautiful than the mermaids. This provoked the ire of the mermaids, which appealed to Poseidon to punish humans. So, Poseidon sent a deluge and a sea monster to destroy the lands of the Philistines and Jaffa.
Because of this, Cepheus, after consulting the oracle (and under pressure by jaffa's inhabitants), decided to sacrifice Andromeda, his daughter, to the monster previously sent by Poseidon: Andromeda was tied to the rocks on the shore of Jaffa and left there.
Nevertheless, Perseus, passing through, saw Andromeda and fell in love. Perseus went to talk with Cepheus and Cassiopeia, who prosimed him their daughter as a wife if he was able to rescue her from the monster.
Perseus did it. He chopped off the head of the monster, which fell into the sea and became the famous sea rocks of Jaffa (Image).
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Daily life in Akko/Acre - Israel: The Fisherman
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The Dome of the Rock, Temple mount - Jerusalem
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Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
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