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Figure Greek and Roman
Andromeda
Ἀνδρομέδα grc
Ethiopian princess in Greek mythology
- Child of Cepheus, King of Aethiopia and Cassiopeia
- Married to Perseus
A life on the record,
dated by its sources.
Roles, not beliefs
Family
The family of Andromeda
Parents, consorts and children as the accounts give them. Choose a consort to see the children the stories give the two.
Accounts differ about a god’s family. Where they name different parents, the tree sets them side by side instead of choosing one.
The family as a list · 16
Kinship in an account 2
What this means
Parentage as a named source tells it. Not an independently established biological relationship, and different accounts disagree.
Does not imply an independently established biological relationship · agreement between accounts · marriage as a legal institution · exclusivity, or a single canonical pairing
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Family 14
What this means
A documented human family relationship. Not a succession mechanism, and not religious transmission.
Does not imply a right to an office · transmission of a teaching · a marriage · a shared religious affiliation
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child of (child) Cassiopeia figure in Greek mythology; queen of Aethiopia and wife of king Cepheus -
child of (child) Cepheus, King of Aethiopia mythical character - parent of (mother) Alcaeus son of Perseus in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Autochthe daughter of Perseus in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Cynurus mythical son of Perseus
- parent of (child) Electryon son of Perseus in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Erythras king in Greek mythology, son of Perseus
- parent of (mother) Gorgophone daughter of Perseus and Andromeda in Greek mythology
- parent of (mother) Heleus son of Perseus in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Mestor son of Perseus in Greek mythology
- parent of (mother) Perses son of Perseus in Greek mythology
- parent of (mother) Sthenelus son of Perseus
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partner of Phineus son of Belus in Greek mythology -
married to Perseus legendary Greek hero and founder of Mycenae, demigod son of Zeus and Danae; famous for beheading the Gorgon Medusa
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15 statements on this record
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