Andromeda, Phoenician-Ethiopian Royalty & Monsters Turned to Stone (Perseus Part 3)

After killing Medusa, Perseus comes across the Phoenician-Ethiopian princess, Andromeda, awaiting death by sea monster. He steps in, for a price...

For the article referred to at the end of the episode: sententiaeantiquae.com/2021/08/07/just-a-girl-being-briseis

CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing.

Sources: Theoi.com (entries on Perseus, Danae, Hesperides, primarily content from Apollodorus); Early Greek Myths by Timothy Gantz; Ovid's Metamorphoses translated by Allen Mandelbaum.

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