Perseus and Andromeda - Paris, France
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In Greek mythology, Perseus saves his future wife, Andromeda who had been chained to a rock by Poseiden.
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Location: France
Date Posted: 07/31/2013
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This sculpture is located in the Louvre Museum. The artist is Piere Puget.The marble piece was completed in 1684 for King Loius XIV and was origiannly located at Versailles.
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"In Greek mythology, Andromeda is the daughter of Cepheus, an Aethiopian king, and Cassiopeia. When Cassiopeia's hubris leads her to boast that Andromeda is more beautiful than the Nereids, Poseidon sends a sea monster to ravage Aethiopia as divine punishment.[1] Andromeda is chained to a rock as a sacrifice to sate the monster, but is saved from death by Perseus, her future husband.
Her name is the Latinized form of the Greek ??d??µ?da (Androméda) or ??d??µ?d? (Androméde): "ruler of men...
As a subject, Andromeda has been popular in art since classical times; it is one of several Greek myths of a Greek hero's rescue of the intended victim of an archaic sacred marriage, giving rise to the "princess and dragon" motif. From the Renaissance, interest revived in the original story, typically as derived from Ovid's account."