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Andromeda Research Paper

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I chose the constellation Andromeda because the back story and myths it has really fascinates me! I feel that some of the myths behind the consolations can be rather boring, but with the romance and danger all wrapped into one, I continue going back to it. This constellation is the 19th largest in the sky and is located in the first quadrant of the northern hemisphere. It takes seven-hundred-twenty-two square feet in the sky! The myth is that Cassiopeia, Andromeda's mother was telling everybody that her daughter was the most beautiful person ever created and that she was even more beautiful then the gods themselves. Naturally, that upset the gods, mostly Poseidon, because he thought he had made the most beautiful women in the world and those …show more content…

She got chained to a rock and as the sea monster arrived Perseus arrived, flying down on the winged sandals Hermes gave him. He had just slayed Medusa and had her head in a bag, which he used to turn Cetus into stone. Perseus then took the beautiful, and alive, Andromeda to be his bride and queen.Because she was queen she was honored in the stars forever. There once was a beautiful girl born to a poor family who had so much love for her, as she was the only daughter of eight. Unfortunately, they never had enough time with her, and her parents needed another son so he could work in the fields, not a daughter, who they would have to save up for a dowry. As she grew older her beauty did not fade, but alas, it grew stronger, yet she did not notice. At her 15th birthday her parents grew tired and their number one mission became to marry her off, as they just had a great harvest and could afford a small dowry. They made her walk through the local village in thin clothing every day so that the men would notice her, and make her curl her hair and spend time working on her looks so that her natural beauty could not shine through, only the

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