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Andromeda

noun

Broad-leaved evergreen Asiatic shrub with glossy leaves and drooping clusters of white flowers. Synonyms: Japanese andromeda, lily-of-the-valley tree, Pieris japonica.

Any of several shrubs of the genus Andromeda having leathery leaves and clusters of small flowers.

(Greek mythology) an Ethiopian princess and daughter of Cassiopeia; she was fastened to a rock and exposed to a sea monster that was sent by Poseidon, but she was rescued by Perseus and became his wife.

A constellation in the northern hemisphere between Cassiopeia and Pegasus; contains the Andromeda galaxy.

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... being set for her. The great renunciation must be made; he, Westray, must marry beneath him, but before doing so he would take his mother into his confidence, though there is no record of Perseus doing as much before he cut loose Andromeda. ...

— The Nebuly Coat • John Meade Falkner

... buckler, and Mercury's wings (the Talaria), and short dagger made of diamonds (called Herpe), deprived Medusa, one of the Gorgons, of life, and carried off her head in triumph. He killed the sea monster to which Andromeda was exposed, and then married her. A memorable battle ensued at their nuptials. Phineus, the uncle of Andromeda, who passionately loved her, entered with a band of armed men, and attempted to carry her off by violence. But Perseus made a brave resistance; ...

— The Mysteries of All Nations • James Grant

... of him. The spectral sickle of a waning moon hung on the edge of the sky, and up and down the banks of the stream floated phantoms of silvery mist, here covering the water with impalpable wreaths, and there drifting away to enable Andromeda to print her starry ...

— At the Mercy of Tiberius • August Evans Wilson

... The Tambourine Player; Girl in Fur Cloak; Dr. Parma (E.); Shepherd and Nymph (L.); Portraits; Doge Andrea Gritti; Jacopo Strada; Diana and Callisto; Madonna and Saints. Wallace Collection. Perseus and Andromeda. (In collaboration with his nephew, Francesco Vecellio.) Louvre. Madonna and Saints. (The same by Francesco alone.) Glasgow. ...

— The Venetian School of Painting • Evelyn March Phillipps

... (1622-1694). His works are seen at the Louvre and at Versailles. His group of Milo of Crotona endeavoring to free himself from the claws of the lion is full of life and is natural, but the subject is too repulsive to be long examined; his Perseus liberating Andromeda is more agreeable, and is noble in its forms and animated in expression. His Alexander and Diogenes is in relief, and is ...

— A History of Art for Beginners and Students - Painting, Sculpture, Architecture • Clara Erskine Clement

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