Andromeda
Andromeda (mythology)
Andromeda was the daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia, monarchs of Ethiopia. She was bound to a rock as an offering to a destroying monster that was ravishing the land, and was rescued by Perseus. After death she was placed in the sky as a constellation, where she is now surrounded by her husband, mother, Pegasus, and other demigods. The name has been given to a genus of shrubs belonging to the heath family. The stagger bush of North America, so called from the effects of its leaves when eaten by sheep, is an Andromeda.
