IAU: Andromeda

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Goddess of Ashkalon (the northern one of the fish belongs to her). This goddess is depicted with a fish (as Andromeda is depicted later in the Arabic tradition: cf. as-Sufi) and her temple is only 80 km south of Andromeda’s rock. She was called Dea Syria by the Romans. ref.: Hoffmann, S.M. (2022). Multiple Greek Sky Cultures. in: Hoffmann and Wolfschmidt (eds.). Astronomy in Culture – Cultures of Astronomy, tredition, Hamburg, 491-523

Hesione (princess of Troy). Hesione was the daughter of a king who was known to betray his supporters. As a punishment of her father, she was about to be sacrificed to a huge fish (sea monster?) but rescued by Heracles. The end of the story varies: some say, he took her as a slave, others say, she married one of his fellows. suggested: Hoffmann, S.M. (2022). Multiple Greek Sky Cultures. in: Hoffmann and Wolfschmidt (eds.). Astronomy in Culture – Cultures of Astronomy, tredition, Hamburg, 491-523

Andromeda (princess of Jaffa)

Aratus

[197] For there, too, wheels that woeful form of Andromeda, enstarred beneath her mother. Thou hast not to wait for a night, I ween, whereon to see her more distinct! 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 of hers. [352] Andromeda, though she cowers a good way off, is pressed by the rush of the mighty Monster of the Sea [Cetus]. For her path lies under the blast of Thracian Boreas, but the South wind drives against her, beneath the Ram and the Pair of Fishes, the hateful Monster, Cetus, set as he is a little above the Starry River. [630] The head of Andromeda is setting and against her is brought by the misty South the mighty terror, Cetus, but over against him in the North Cepheus with mighty hand upraised warns him back.

Reference:
English translation by Douglas Kidd (1997).
Aratus: Phaenomena, Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries, Series Number 34

Online available: translation by Mair (1921) 

Pseudo-Eratosthenes

reference to Euripides’ “Andromeda”

References:
French translation by:
Jordi Pàmias i Massana and Arnaud Zucker (2013). Ératosthènes de Cyrène – Catastérismes, Les Belles Lettres, Paris

English version in:
Robin Hard (2015): Eratosthenes and Hyginus Constellation Myths with Aratus’s Phaenomena, Oxford World’s Classics

For modern versions of ancient lore:
Ian Ridpath’s page on this constellation

Commentary