The constellation represents a chained woman, the daughter of the
Queen Cassiopea and the King Cefeo.
Cassiopea dared to consider her more beautiful than the Nereidis,
that offenses asked to Neptune to give her a beautiful lesson.
The god of the sea sent a sea monster (Cetus) to raid the coasts
of the kingdom and the two incompetents sovereign decided
to sacrifice their own daughter Andromeda to the monster to
placate it.
The beautiful young girl came therefore chained to a rock-cliff
waiting for hers terrible destiny. Perseo, the hero that
beheaded Medusa, as soon as of return from his magnificent
enterprise, it was found in the parts and he remained lightened
by the defenseless beauty of the young girl. Perseo moved near to
Andromeda that unlike her mother was very timid and didn't
daved turn him the look in a so delicate moment,
but to the end she was decided to tell him the history.
The monster meanwhile emerged to the sudden by the waters and
it was ready to snap at her: without delay the hero asked and
got the hand of Andromeda to her parents and he threw headfirst
him on the monster with his sword.
The two got married and they had six children, among
which Perses, the progenitor of the Persianis. In sky Andromeda
is found in the parts of the constellations that represent the
characters of her history: Cefeo, Cassiopea, Perseo and Ceto.
The stars brightest of Andromedas are: alpha Andromedae, said
also Sirrah or Alpheraz, respectively from the Arabic surrat,
"navel", and al-faras, "the horse", because before this star was
shared with the constellation of Pegaso and represented the navel
of it. There is then beta Andromedae, said also Mirach, that
derives from the Arabic al-mi'zar, "scabbard" or "loin-cloth."